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THIRD  ANNUAL  REPORT 


OF  Til  K 


A R K A N £ A £ 


WITH  NORMAL  DEPARTMENT. 


LOCATED  AT-  — 


ORGAXIZED  SEPTEMBER  18.  1871. 


AUGUST,  1875 


FAYETTK  V1U.K: 

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THIRD  REPORT 


OF  THE 


WITH  A 

J4oRJVIAL  pEPy\RTMENT  pHE^EIJl 


LOCATED  AT 


Fayetteville,  Washington  Connty,  Arkansas. 


ORGANIZED  SEPTEMBER  18 , 1871. 


AUGUST,  1875. 


FAYETTEVILLE  : 

I’RINTED  AT  THE  DEMOCRAT  BOOK  AND  JOB  PRINTING  OFFICE. 

1875. 


TO  GOVERNOR  A.  H.  GARLAND. 


Sir  : 

I have  the  honor  to  submit  herewith  the  Third  Annual  Report  of  the  Boa  rd 
of  Trustees  of  the'  Arkansas  Industrial  University  f for  the  year  closing  with 
the  session  of  the  Board  held  at  Fayetteville  in  June , 1875 . 

Very  respectfully  yours , 

JAMES  MITCHELL, 

Secretary  Board  of  T rustces , 


ARKANSAS 

INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY 


DIMENSIONS  AND  CAPACITY. 


*214  feet  front. 

122  feet  depth  of  win#. 
S4  feet  depth  of  center. 
5 stories  high. 

30  class  rooms. 

4 offices. 


7 lecture  rooms,  including  library, 
laboratory,  chapel,  etc. 

Hot-air  heating  apparatus. 

En titan  ventilation. 

Materials — Iron,  stone  and  brick. 
Capacity  for  about  700  students. 


Digitized  by  the  Internet  Archive 
in  2017  with  funding  from 

University  of  Illinois  Urbana-Champaign  Alternates 


https://archive.org/details/thirdreportofarkOOarka 


CATALOGUE 


OF  THE 


WITH  A 


Normal  Department  Therein. 


FOR  1875-76- 


CIRCULAR  FOR  1875-76 


BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES. 


HIS  EXCELLENCY  A.  H.  GA  RLAND,  Governor,  Little  Roel:. 

EX-OFFICIO  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  BOARD. 

D.  D.  STARK , Fayetteville . 

TREASURKR. 

PROF . JAS.  MITCHELL , Fayetteville , 

SECRETARY. 

IION.  LAFAYETTE  GREGG, 

HON.  A.  W.  LIN  SMOKE, 

HON.  JAS.  M.  JOHNSON,  - 
DUDLEY  E.  JONES,  Esq., 

HON.  M.  F.  LAKE, 

WOOL  E.. THOMPSON,  Esq.,  - 
JOHN  C.  WALKER,  Esq.,  - 

BUILDING  COMMITTEE  . 

HON.  LAFAYETTE  GREGG,  Chairman. 

HON.  A.  W.  LINSMORE,  HON.  M.  F.  LAKE. 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 

PRESIDENT  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY,  Chairman. 

HON.  LAFAYETTE  GREGG,  HON.  A.  W.  LINSMORE. 

JOHN  C.  WALKER,  Esq.  HON.  J.  M.  JOHNSON. 

FINANCE  COMMITTEE. 

HON.  A.  WT.  LINSMORE,  Chairman. 

DUDLEY  E JONES,  Esq.  WOOL  E.  THOMPSON,  Esq. 

COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  AND  BY-LAWS. 

IION.  JAMES  M.  JOHNSON,  Chairman. 

JOHN  C.  WALKER.  Esq.,  HON.  M.  F.  LAKE • 

COMMITTEE  ON  PRINTING. 

IION.  J.  M.  JOHNSON,  Ch’m.  PRESIDENT  OF  UNIVERSITY. 


BOARD  OF  VISITORS. 


IION.  II  C.  CALDWELL,  - Little  Rock,  Ark. 

K.  R.  LuVAL,  M.  L.,  - Fort  Smith,  Ark. 

REV.  W.  C.  STOUT,  - - - Lewisburg,  Ark. 

HON.  GEO.  P.  SMOOTE,  - - - Magnolia,  Ark. 

IION.  O.  S.  RUSSELL,  - - - Helena,  Ark. 

HON.  RANSOM  GULLY,  . - - Philadelphia, Pa. 


Fayetteville,  Ark. 
Bentonville,  Ark. 

Wesley,  Ark. 
Little  Rock,  Ark. 
Viney  Grove,  Ark. 
Monticello,  Ark. 
Magnolia,  Ark. 


^pFFICEF^  AND  In£TF(UCTOR£. 


N.  P.  GATES , 

Acting  President,  and  Principal  Normal  Department. 


C.  H LEVERET! \ A.  Jf., 

Professor  of  Ancient  Languages  and  Literature. 


0.  C.  GRA  Y,  A.  M., 

Professor  of  Mathematics  and  Civil  Engineering. 


JAMES  MITCHELL , A.  R., 

Professor  of  History  and  English  Literature. 


LIEUT.  E.  S.  CURTIS , Second  Artillery , U.  S.  A . 

Professor  of  Military  Science  and  Tactics. 


F.  L.  HARVEY/ R.S., 

Professor  of  Theoretical  and  Applied  Chemistry. 


MARY  R.  GORTON, 

Preceptress  of  Normal  Department, 


W.  II  a BOTEFUHR , 

Professor  of  Music. 


MRS.  F.  L.  SUTTON, 

Instructress  of  Training  School. 


MRS.  V.  L.  GRA  T, 

Teacher  of  Drawing  and  Painting  in  Oil  and  Water  Colors 


FOR  THE  YEAR  COMMENCING  SEPTEMBER  7,  1874,  AND 
ENDING  JUNE  18,  187 S. 


LJenefial  {Science  and  JjIte^ature. 

UWSJ2®IE  (DCtASBo 


* Ayres,  John.  Fort  Smith,  Sebastian  county. 

♦Bolinger,  DeWitt  C St.  Paul,  Madison  county. 

Brooks,  George  L .Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

Brooks,  Samuel  J Yan  Buren,  Crawford  county. 

Chrisman,  Mattie  A ....Little  Rock,  Pulaski  county. 

♦Coors,  Henry  G Fort  Smith,  Sebastian  county. 

Gregg,  Alfred  W Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

:kHarris,  Agnes . ..Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

Harris,  Sallie  E. Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

♦Johnson,  Albert  P Wesley,  Madison  county. 

♦Massie,  Burrus Fa^’etteville,  Washington  county 

Massie,  Collin Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

Total,  12. 


Blake,  John  T.  F Bentonville,  Benton  county. 

Blakeley,  Leonora  Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

f Cline,  J.  Wade Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

♦Compton,  William  A Little  Rock,  Pulaski  county. 

Cravens,  William  H Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

Dickinson,  Albert  P Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

Jennings,  Edgar  • Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

♦Morrison,  Charles  IT Little  Rock,  Pulaski  county. 

♦Quarles,  Thomas Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

♦Scarborough,  William  J Little  Rock,  Pulaski  county. 

Stapp,  William  S Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

♦Sutton,  William Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

Walker,  James  V Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

♦Watson,  Charles  A Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

Wilshire  William  A Cana,  California. 

Total,  15. 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


9 


C mb  - m 


MSm’MMS  ©ILiiSSo 


* Burns,  William 

♦Dean  Maggie 

Gregg,  Andrew  S 

♦Hobbs,  John  IT.  . . 
♦Houston,  Juicy  .. 
♦Hudgins,  Jackson  W . 
♦Johnso'n,  Ilenry  C . . 
♦Johnson  Thomas  M.  . 
* Maffitt,  John  W.  . 
♦Merritt.  Benjamin  F 

Moore  L:zz:e 

Heed,  Maggie 

♦Roberts,  John  M 
♦Shumard,  Carrie  B. . . 
♦Sloan,  Millard  F . . . . 
♦smith,  Wiley  M . . 
♦Stone,  William  0 . . . 
♦Vance,  Birdie  A . . . . 
♦Wood,  Carroll  I). 


Little  Rock,  Pulaski  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
Fort  Smith,  Sebastian  county. 
Clarksville,  Johnson  county. 

. Dallas,  Polk  county. 

Drake’s  Creek,  Madison  county. 
.Wesley,  Madison  county. 

..Tlot  Springs,  Garland  county. 

Mo  I’d  Bay,  Brad  lev  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
. Fayetteville.  Washington  county. 
.Dardanelie,  Yell  county. 

. Fort  Smith,  Sebastian  county. 
Smith vi lie,  Lawrence  county. 

Be  itonville;  Benton  county. 
Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
Tuttle  Rock,  Pulaski  county. 
.Hamburg,  Ashley  county. 


Total,  19. 


CoLLEQE  OF  JJpqiNEERipq. 


♦Absalom,  Edward  C Clarksville,  Johnson  county. 

♦Amis.  Walter  S Princeton,  Dallas  county. 

Austin,  James  L . . . Van  Buren,  Crawford  countv. 

♦Ayres,  Walter Fort  Smith,  Sebastian  county. 

♦Bustin,  John  F C miden,  Ouachita  countv. 

Total,  5. 


csimlsSg 


Austin,  George Van  Buren,  Crawford  countv. 

Boles,.  Clifford Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

♦Boles,  Joseph  M Bluffton,  Yell  county. 

♦Davenport,  Charles  P Black  Jack,  Scott  county. 

♦Foster,  Williom  C Magnolia,  Columbia  county. 

♦Jones,  R.  S.  Xcvada  count}”. 

♦Pape,  Charles  A Fort  Smith,  Sebastian  county. 

♦Patton,  David  S Camden,  Ouachita  coun  y. 

♦Putman,  Robert  Fayetteville,  Washington  county 

♦Robinson,  Charles  E Clarksville,  Johnson  county. 

Skillen,  Eliza  B Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

♦\  ance,  Robert  C Sheridan,  Grant  county 

Total,  12. 


1* 


i&  ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


pQJLLEQE  OF  p.OyMEF^CE. 


BHXTH©®  ©E^SEo 

vCoors,  William  P. Fort  Smith,  Sebastian  county. 

♦Gooding,  James  P ....Van  Buren,  Crawford  county. 

♦Martin,  Frank  L , ........ .Little  Bock,  Pulaski  county 

♦McMillan,  Benjamin  F.  , ....Harrison,  Boone  county. 

Moore,  James  F Fayetteville.  Washington  county. 

Morrow,  Stafford BeValFs  Bluff,  Prairie  county. 

Total,  6. 


* Alexander.  William 

* A skew,  William  D. .. 
♦Barton,  Wi  liam  J.  .. 

♦Buie,  Hugh  F 

♦Chidester,  William 

♦Clark,  William  J 

♦Dawson,  Eli  L 

Jackson,  Ulysses  L... 

♦Jones,  Ivatie  P 

♦Locke,  Pobert 

♦Morris,  James  A. . . . 

♦May lor,  Frank 

♦Oliver,  Charles  M... 

♦Pollard,  Joel  II 

Shook,  Emory 

* Trout,  Fayette..,,,. 

* Wallis,  Benjamin  F 
♦White,  Pobert  E... 
Wilshire,  Emma...,.  . 


W Camden,  Ouachita  county. 

...Eldorado,  Union  county. 

...Cove,  Polk  county. 

Fayetteville,  Washington  county 

? Camden,  Ouachita  county. 

Little  Pock,  Pulaski  cou  ty. 

Camden,  Ouachita  county. 

Fayetteville,  Washington  county, 

Little  Pock,  Pulaski  county. 

Alma,  Crawford  count}’ 

Greenwood.  Sebastian  county 

Fayetteville,  Washington  countv, 

Cliffy,  Madison  county, 

..Fayetteville,  Washington  county, 

Fayetteville,  Washington  county, 

. . Bentonville,  Benton  county, 

. . .Forrest  City,  St.  Francis  county, 

. . . Camden,  Ouachita  county. 

.....Little  Pock,  Pulaski  county, 

Total,  19, 


]\|0F(jVIAL  pEPARTMENT. 

SENIOR  CLASS. 


Botefuhr,  Laura  D., Fayetteville,  Washington  county, 

Bridgeford,  Emma Fayetteville,  Washington  county, 

Carson,  Ann  E . .Jonesboro,  Craighead  county. 

Carson,  Augusta  A Jonesboro,  Craighead  county, 

Davis,  Lizzie  P Bentonville,  Benton  county. 

Gorton,  Belle  L Pock  Island,  Illinois. 

McCart,  Eva Fayetteville,  Washington  county, 

McKinney,  Charles F Ozark,  Franklin  county. 

Moore,  Lucy  J Fayetteville,  Washington  county, 

Hoc,  Laura Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

Putman,  Anna Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

Waggoner,  William  J Farmington,  Washington  county. 

Total,  12. 


A R KA  N?  4 S IX D US T.RIA  L UNI  VERST  'I  Y. 


li 


MUDDLE  CLASS. 

Barnett,  Henry  C Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

Barnett,  Nettie Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

Bassett.  William  S Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

Campbell,  Maggie Fayetteville,  Washington  county, 

FI  kins,  Louis  W., ,.  . . ..Lee  s Creek,  Crawford  county. 

Fngland,  Matilda Cincinnati,  Washington  county. 

H argis,  James  li..  ..,  Clinton,  Van  Burcn  county. 

lying,  Thomas  II ,,  Leeks  Creek,  Crawford  count}'. 

.Martin,  James,  Jacksonnort,  Jackson  county. 

. McCormick,  Ivitfie Fayetteville,  Washington  county, 

Jfeal,  William  IF, Van  Buren,  Crawford  county. 

Perry,  Mary.,  Van  Buren,  Crawford  county. 

Rich,  Jennie, ...Fayetteville,  Washington  county, 

\Searle,  Mary.,  . Bock  River  Junction,  Illinois. 

Stearns,  John  W , .....Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

Taylor,  F.  L,  Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

Wilson,  Lite IfimLville,  Madison  county. 

Total,  17, 


A n d re  ws,  Fa  n n i e ..... , 

\f\  Lews,  Hardin., 

Buie,  Maggie 

Carden,  Edward  B.  , . 
Caudell,  Mattie  F. 

Chiles,  James  P 

Crabbs,  David  F... 

Davis,  Anna 

Davis,  Rose  A 

(Filbert..  Lizzie 

Gilbreath,  < yrus  . . . 

Jackson,  Hattie, 

Jameson,  .Lizzie 

Ring,  Artelee....,,, 

Ring,  Ida, 

Kirkpatrick,  Allie. . , . 
Marshall,  James  F.  , . 

M >ory  Fppie  

Moore,  Matie  

Peninger,  James  II, . 

Putman,  Mary 

Rhodes,  Alice  D.. . . . . 
Rutherford,  Hattie  N. 

Sager,  Mo! lie 

Sharp,  James  II.  , 

Wince,  Samuel  11 

Watts,  William  M 

Wei  ton,  Bartley  M 

Wcsterfield,  John  A 


JUNLOR  CLASS 

... — Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

Bloomer,  Sebastian  county. 

Pine  Bluff,  Jefferson  county. 

Waldron,  Scott  county. 

Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

Bento nvi lie,  Benton  county. 

— Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

Fayetteville,  Washington  county, 

Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

. . . Fayetteville,  Washington  county, 

Fort  Smith,  Sebastian  county. 

Fort  Smith,  Sebastian  county. 

Fayetteville.  Washington  County. 

Fayetteville,  Washington  count v. 

Fayetteville,  Washington  county.' 

Fayetteville,  Washington  count}  . 

Greenwood,  Sebastian  county. 

Fayetteville.,  Washington  county. 

Fayetteville,  Washington  countv. 

Billingsley,  Washington  county. 

Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

..Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

Sheridan,  Grant  county. 

Little  Rock,  Pulaski  county. 

Cass  P.  O.,  F ranklin  county. . 

Springfield,  Conway  countv. 

Total.  ‘ 


13 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


Preparatory  Department. 


Adams,  Arthur . 

* Adams,  William  W.  . . 

* Alexander,  Thomas  W. 

Andrews,  Lou 

Andrews,  Mattie 

* Andrews,  William  W . 

* Atkins,  William 

* Barrett,  John  M 

Bates,  Lena 

*Beleher,  Josiah  2L  . . . 

*Bell,  James  McK 

*Bell,  John  H 

Benbrook,  Elbert 

*Binns,  Burwell  

Boles,  Minnie 

*Bolinger,  Emma  E 

Botefuhr,  Beulah 

Botefuhr,  Eddie. 

Botefuhr,  Frank 

Botefuhr,  Freddie 

^Botefuhr,  Lillie 

*Bozarth,  George  W.  ... 

Bozarth,  James 

*Brewer  Henry 

Bridgeford,  Laura 

Brooks,  Charles  I).  . . . 

Bybee,  John 

Bybec,  William 

fByrne,  Augustus  M . . 
Caldwell,  Minerva  L 
*Campbelll,  Joseph  ...  . 

Carlile,  Sarah 

^Carlton,  James  C 

*Caudell,  James  Y 

^Chaffin,  George  B . . . . 

* Chides  ter,  Frank 

Chiles,  Frances  E 

*Chiles,  John  H 

*Cobb,  Thomas  P 


. . ..Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

. . . Ozark,  Franklin  county. 

. . . Camden,  Ouachita  county. 

. . . Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

. ...  Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

. . Washington,  Hempstead  county. 

. . . Fayetteville,  Washington  countv. 

. . . . Pine  Bluff,  Jefferson  county. 

. . . Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

. . . Little  Hock,  Pulaski  county. 

...  Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

. ..  Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

. . . Mon  tied  1°,  Drew  county. 

Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

-.St.  Paul,  Aadison  county. 

...Fayetteville,  Washington  eoun'y. 

. . . . Fayetteville,  Washington  count}’. 

. ..  .Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
...Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

Fayetteville,  Washingt  >n  county. 

Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

Fayetteville,  Washington  county.’ 

. . . Dickson,  Benton  county. 

Fayette viife,  Washington  county. 

Fort  Smith,  Sebastian  county. 

Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

. . . Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

. . . Louisville,  La  Fayette  county. 

. . . Fayetteville,  Washington  county, 

. . ..Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

. . . Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

. . . . Lima  Landing,  Chicot  countv. 

. . . . Pine  Bluff,  Jefferson  county. 

. . . Monticcllo,  Drew  county. 

. . . Camden,  Ouachita  county ,t 
. . .Waldron,  Scott  county. 

. . . Waldron,  Scott  county. 

. . . , Pine  Bluff,  Jefferson  county. 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


Conley,  Eddie 

Conley,  Mack 

*Cook,  Joseph  E 

*Copeland,  William 

Cornelius,  Joseph  M 

Cravens,  Jessie 

Cravens,  Nannie 

*Crosnoe,  William  W.... 

Crouch,  Clinton 

fDalton,  James  S 

Dickinson,  John  G 

*Doxey,  Samuel  H 

*Prennen,  William  M .. 

*Dudney,  Ezekiel 

*Dun  a way,  Will  i a m E 
Darning  Robert 

* Eaton,  Mary  M. 

*Ellis,  Frank 

Ellis.  Tyree 

Ellis,  TJttie 

*Field,  Ernest  J 

Fletcher,  John  S ... 

* Flynn,  Wayne  G. 

*Garrett,  Martha 

*Garrett,  Nellie 

Garrett,  William  II 

Gates,  Alice 

Gates,  Cora.  

*Gault,  Jefferson,  L.  . . . 
Geyer,  Charles  M..  .. 

*Geyer,  George 

Gilbert,  Jennie 

Giles,  John  F 

'"Giles,  William  F 

*Gillam,  Joseph  E . . 

Gray,  Carl 

*Green,  James  A 

Gregg,  William 

* Grubbs,  James  A, 

Gwinn,  Henry  C... 

* Harris,  Charles  W . . . 
Harrison,  Jefferson  D.. 
Harrison,  Joseph  C.  . . 


i v 


..Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
..Fayetteville,  Washington  coinnv. 
..Lewisville,  La  Fayette  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
Wan  Buren,  Crawford  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
.Hope  Station,  Hempstead  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
.Chalk  Bluff.  Clayton  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
.Little  Rock,  Pulaski  county. 
.Little  Rock,  Pulaski  county. 
.Magnolia,  Columbia  county. 
.Ozark,  Franklin  county. 
.Clarksville,  Johnson  county. 

.Lee’s  Creek,  Crawford  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
.Little  Rock,  Pulaski  county. 

. Little  Rock,  Pulaski  county. 

I)<  s Arc,  Prairie  county. 

. Fayetteville,  Washington  county 
Brinkley,  Monroe  county. 

Van  Buren,  Crawford  county. 

. Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

. Bluffton,  Yell  county. 

.Lewisburg,  Conway  county. 
Lewisburg,  Conway  county. 

. Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
Little  Rock,  Pulaski  county. 
Clinton,  Van  Buren  county. 
Batesville,  Independence  county. 
Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
Marianna,  Lee  county. 
Fayetteville,  Washington  countv. 

. Montieello,  Drew  county. 

.Hot  Springs,  Garland  county. 
.Pine  Bluff,  Jefferson  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


u 


*Harrison,  Major  P.  

*Harrison,  William  M.,  Jr  ..  . 

Harrison,  William  W. 

Hector,  Ol in  thus  H 

*Henderson,  Eobert  C_. 

Hester,  Wm 

*Hicks,  Thos.  J 

*IIixon,  Lelloy 

Hodges,  Maggie ... 

Horn,  Alex  Me 

Hunt,  Josie 

Hunt,  Ho  rah . 

*Jarrett,  Charles  J 

Jennings,  Lillie 

Jennings,  Lulu 

Jennings,  Thomas 

Jobe,  Lennie 

Johnson,  Charles  P 

Johnston,  Alice 

Johnston,  Charles 

Johnston,  J.  Jacob  Q 

Karnes,  Ida 

*Kinsworthy,  Wm  E 

* Kirkpatrick,  John  A 

*L‘ayne,  Thomas  B 

Leach,  Albert 

Leach,  Morris 

Leverett,  Julia  B 

* Lock  hart,  Wm.  H 

*Lounsberry,  Fred  J 

* Manuel,  Willie 

* Martin,  James  P 

Massie,  Lemuel 

Mayes,  Frank 

* McBride,  Eobert  C 

*McBride,  Wm.  H 

McCart,  Walter 

McCormick  Isabel 

McCoy,  William 

*McCollough.  Ehadamanthus, 

Mellroy,  James 

Mcllroy,  Eobert 

*McMally,  George  F 


.Como,  Horsey  county. 

.Pine  Bluff,  Jefferson  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
.San  Antonio,  Texas. 

.Cotton  Plant,  Monroe  county. 
Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
.Lonoke,  Lonoke  county. 

.Shoal  Creek,  Sarber  county 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
.Stockton,  Missouri. 

.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
.Pocahontas,  Eandolph  county. 
Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
.Little  Bock,  Pulaski  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
. Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
. Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
. Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
. Ben  Lomond,  Sevier  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
.Eocky  Comfort, Little  Eiver  county 
..Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
..Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
.Yan  Buren,  Crawford  county. 
.LaGrange,  Lee  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
..Magnolia,  Columbia  county. 
..Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
..Star  City,  Lincoln  county. 

.Star  City,  Lincoln  county. 
..Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
.Bellefonte,  Jackson  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
Pine  Bluff,  Jefferson  county. 


ARKANSAS  INI)  US  TR  IAL  UNIVERSITY. 


* Me  Vi  car,  James  W 

*Menard,  John 

* Merrick,  Dwight 

Mitchell,  Mamie 

Mitchell,  William  S 

^Montgomery,  Francis  A. 

Murray,  Elias 

^Murray,  George  W 

*Murray,  James  W.. 

Naylor,.  Lixzie 

*Neal,  Charles  C 

Nees,  Mol  lie 

Noe,  Maud 

Noe.  Minnie 

Nolen,  Sarah, 

Nolen,  Emmett 

*Paddock,  Charles 

*.Patton,  William  E 

Payne,  Gabriel  D 

*Petross,  Carroll 

Pettigrew,  Anna  

Pettigrew,  Ida 

Pettigrew,  James 

*Poe,  William  E 

Porter,  Arthur  R 

*Porter,  Charles  A 

♦Porter,  George 

♦Pulliam,  Alexander  M . . . 

♦Qualls,  Samual  W 

Eainwater,  Kate  S 

Rainwater,  Sal  lie  J 

♦Ray,  W illiam 

Eeed,  Lina 

Eeed,  John  

♦Reynolds,  Johnanna 

Rhea,  William  B 

Rhodes,  Lena '.. 

♦Rieff,  Emma 

♦Rieff,  George  II 

Russell,  Henry  F 

Rutherford,  Anna — * 

Rutherford,  John  II 

Sager,  Homer 


lo 


Little  Rock,  Pulaski  county. 
Noble’s  Lake,  Jefferson  county. 
Little  Rock,  Pulaski  county. 
Fayetteville,  AYashington  county. 
Fa\ etteville,  Washington  count}'. 
Louisville,  LaFayette  county. 

.Cass  P.  O.,  Franklin  county. 

.Cass  P.  O.,  Franklin  county. 

Cass  P.  O.,  Franklin  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
.Bloomington,  Benton  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  bounty. 
.Fayetteville,  AYashington  county. 
.Pine  Bluff,  Jefferson  county. 

Fort  Smith,  Sebastian. county. 
Springdale,  AYashington  county. 
.Fayetteville,  AArashington  county. 

. Faj'etteville,  Washington  county. 
.Fayetteville,  AYashington  county. 
.Pageville,  Grant  county. 

DeWitt,  Arkansas  county. 

DeWitt,  Arkansas  county. 

.DeWitt,  Arkansas  county. 

Rancho  Bonito,  Sebastian  county. 
.Kingston,  Madison  county. 
Fayetteville,  AYashington  county. 
Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
Fort  Smith,  Sebastian  county. 

. Fayetteville,  AYashington  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
.Fayetteville,  AYashington  county. 
Rhea’s  Mills,  Washington  county. 
Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
.Fayetteville,  AYashington  county. 
.Fayetteville,  AYashington  county. 
.Marianna,  Lee  county. 
.Cincinnati,  Washington  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 
.Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


Sager,  Libbie 

Sams,  Ella 

*Seott,  Daniel  N 

Scott,  James  S 

*Scott,  John  P. 

*Simmons,  Jay 

♦Simmons,  John  P. . . ... 

♦Simpson,  John  T 

Skelton,  William  It. 

*Smith,  Frank 

*Sparks,  James  M 

♦Stafford,  William  L.  • . . . . 

*Stallings,  James 

♦Stone,  Lodowick,  O 

♦Sutton,  Land  on 

♦Taliaferro,  Emma  K 

Taylor,  Thaddeus  B 

♦Thompson,  Fannie 

♦Townsend,  Bichard.. 

Trimble,  Thomas  P 

Yanllooser,  William  P... 

♦Walker,  John  A 

♦Walters,  William . 

♦Whitney,  Jennie. 

Williams,  Nannie ... 

Williford,  Edward  

Wilshire,  Pose 

Wilshire,  William  W 

Wright,  Claudia 

Wright,  Ella 


Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

Huntsville,  Madison  county. 

Black  Springs, Montgomerycounty 

Little  Pock,  Pulaski  county. 

Danville,  YelJ  county. 

...  Magnolia,  Columbia  county. 

Chalk  Bluff,  Clayton  county. 

RockyCom fort, Little  River  county 

Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

Eldorado,  Union  county. 

Fort  Smith,  Sebastian  county. 

Bed  Bluff,  Jefferson  county. 

Lewisburg,  Conway  county. 

Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

Fort  Smith,  Sebastian  county. 

Bentonville,  Benton  county. 

Hot  Springs,  Garland  county. 

Hot  Springs,  Garland  county. 

Arkadelphia,  Clark  county. 

Washington,  Indiana. 

Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

Dallas,  Polk  county. 

Little  Rock,  Pulaski  county. 

Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

Little  Rock,  Pulaski  county. 

Little  Pock,  Pulaski  county. 

Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

......  Fayetteville,  Washington  county. 

Total,  198. 


SUMMARY. 

College  of  General  Science  and  Literature 46 

College  of  Engineering 17 

College  of  Commerce 25 

Normal  Department 58 

Preparatory  Department. 198 

Aggregate 344 


^Beneficinriesi  fDrceased, 


CIRCULAR. 


FOR  1875—6. 


ESTABLISHMENT  AND  AIMS  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY. 

This  institution  is  established  in  accordance  with  an  act  of  Congress, 
making  a grant  of  land  as  an  endowment  for  its  benefit,  and  in  accord- 
ance  with  an  act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  this  State,  carrying  out 
the  object  of  said  grant.  According  to  the  object  of  the  grant,  “the 
leading  object  shall  be — without  excluding  other  scientific  and  classi- 
cal studies,  and  including  military  tactics — to  teach  such  branches  of 
learning  as  are  related  to  Agriculture  and  the  Mechanic  Arts,  in  order 
to  promote  the  liberal  and  practical  education  of  the  industrial  classes 
in  the  several  pursuits  and  professions  of  life;  ” or,  changing  the  order 
of  statement,  the  chief  aim  of  the  University  is  “the  liberal  and  prac- 
tical education  of  the  industrial  classes  in  the  several  pursuits  and  profes- 
sions of  life;”  and  in  order  to  this  end,  the  University  is  “to  teach  such 
branches  of  learning  as  arc  related  to  agriculture  and  the  mechanic  arts, 
without  excluding  other  scientific  and  classical  studies,  and  including 
military  tactics.”  Military  tactics  are  required,  and  the  scientific  and 
classical  studies  are  permitted.  Such,  at  least,  we  believe,  is  the  com- 
mon construction  of  those  clauses,  though  the  language  may  not  un- 
reasonably be  understood  to  imply  that  the  latter  studies  shall  not  be 
excluded  from  the  course.  The  aim  of  the  University  is  to  comply 
strictly  with  the  acts  of  Congress  and  the  General  Assembly  of  this 
State  in  providing  for  and  establishing  it. 

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ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY 


It  proposes,  therefore — 

First — To  impart  a knowledge  of  science  and  its  application  to  the 
arts  of  life. 

Second — To  afford  to  students,  such  as  may  desire  it,  the  benefits  of 
daily  manual  labor.  This  labor  is  to  some  degree  remunerative.  But 
its  remunerative  character  is  not  so  much  intended  to  lessen  the  ex- 
penses of  students  as  for  educational  uses,  as  it  is  planned  and  varied 
for  the  illustration  of  the  principles  of  science.  The  preservation  of 
health,  and  of  a taste  for  the  pursuits  of  agriculture  and  the  mechanic 
arts,  arc  two  other  important  objects. 

Third — To  prosecute  experiments  for  the  promotion  of  agriculture 
and  horticulture. 

Fourth — To  provide  the  means  of  instruction  in  military  science; 
and  to  this  end  a skilled  instructor  and  suitable  implements  have  been 
obtained. 

Fifth — To  afford  the  means  of  a general  and  thorough  education 
not  inferior  to  those  afforded  to  all  classes  in  the  best  of  colleges. 


LOCATION 

The  Arkansas  Industrial  University  is  pleasantly  located  within  the 
corporate  limits  of  the  town  of  Fayetteville,  Washington  county.  The 
location  is  thought  to  be  unsurpassed  by  any  other  locality  in  the  State 
in  salubrity  of  climate,  beauty  of  surrounding  scenery,  fertility  of  soil* 
variety  and  perfection  of  agricultural  and  horticultural  productions; 
and  the  morality  and  intelligence  of  its  people. 

STUDIES. 

By  recent  action  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  all  male  beneficiaries 
who  are  hereafter  appointed  to  the  Arkansas  Industrial  University, 
will  be  required  to  take  a course  in  Agriculture  and  Mechanics,  “with 
permission  to  select  such  other  studies  as  circumstances  may  allow.” 
This  regulation  does  not  apply  to  students  in  the  ISTormal  Department. 
It  is  expected  that  each  student  shall  take  and  carry  on  four  distinct 
studies — not  less  than  three  under  any  circumstances;  and  no  change 
in  studies  will  be  permitted  after  the  beginning  of  a term  without  per- 
mission of  the  Faculty. 

Heretofore,  students  who  have  been  unable  to  pass  the  examination 
required  for  admission  to  the  Normal  Department,  have  been  permitted 
to  remain  a year  in  the  Preparatory  Department.  For  the  future  no 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


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student  will  be  permitted  to  enter  the  Normal  School  without  under- 
going the  required  examination,  and  thus  passing  at  once  to  the  work 
of  that  department. 

By  recent  action  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  the  number  of  Normal 
students  to  which  any  county  is  entitled  is  made  equal  to  the  number 
of  beneficiaries  from  said  county.  This  regulation,  however,  does  not 
exclude  anyone  from  the  Normal  School,  who  pays  the  regular  tuition 
fees.  The  tabular  statement  on  page  22  will  show  the  number  of  ben- 
eficiaries, to  which  each  county  in  the  State  is  entitled.  According 
to  the  last  enumeration,  the  number  of  beneficiaries  to  w'hich  ihe  State 
is  entitled  is  236 — the  number  of  Normal  students  will  be  the  same. 
Considering  the  demand  for  trained  teachers  which  exists  in  Arkansas, 
as  well  as  the  facilities  for  thorough  and  systematic  training  enjoyed 
in  the  University,  may  we  not  hope  that  each  county  will  soon  send 
its  quota  of  Normal  students?  To  give  an  idea  of  the  growth  and 
efficiency  of  the  Normal  Department,  as  well  as  its  promise  of  useful- 
ness to  the  State,  it  may  be  necessary  to  present  a few'  facts  connected 
with  this  branch.  Organized  in  1872,  the  first  catalogue  of  the  Uni- 
versity show's  a total  of  ten  students  in  the  Normal  Department.  Our 
catalogue  for  1873 — 74  show^s,  as  the  entire  number  of  Normal  stu- 
dents, twenty-nine;  while  the  last  catalogue,  1874 — 75,  show^s  fifty- 
six , or  a gain  of  nearly  one  hundred  per  cent,  on  the  previous  year. 
And  of  the  fifty-six,  thirteen  have  been  engaged  in  teaching  since  the 
close  of  the  term  in  June;  and  this,  too,  without  the  advantages  of  a 
system  of  public  schools. 

These  students,  wdth  a true  love  for  the  profession,  and  with  a 
sense  of  obligation  to  the  State  for  the  blessing  of  free  instruction, 
have  gone  out  and  asked  for  work,  taking,  as  a general  rule,  small  and 
unprofitable  schools,  from  the  fact  that  the  stringency  of  the  times 
and  the  absence  of  a school  system  have  made  lucrative  positions 
impossible.  While  it  is  lamentably  true  that  some,  and  not  a few, 
have  entered  the  Normal  School  merely  for  the  purpose  of  avoiding 
tuition  fees,  and  have  shown,  in  this  respect,  a shameless  violation  of 
good  faith,  it  is  yet  true  that  those  who  have  engaged  in  teaching  have 
as  a general  rule,  exhibited  the  qualities  of  energy,  zeal  and  a true 
love  for  the  profession,  as  well  as  a commendable  degree  of  efficiency. 
If  the  Stato  wu’ll  but  provide  the  schools  by  the  adoption  of  a liberal 
system  of  public  instruction,  we  feel  assured  that  \vq  shall  soon  be 
able  to  send  out  from  our  Normal  School  such  an  array  of  trailed 
workers  that  shall  mark  a new  era  in  popular  education  in  Arkansas. 

TERMS  AND  VACATIONS. 

The  scholastic  year  of  the  University,  with  its  several  departments, 


20 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 

' VF" 

will  consist  of  three  terms  of  thirteen  weeks  each.  There  will  be  a 
vacation  of  one  week  including  the  Christmas  holidays,  but  no  vaca- 
tion between  terms.  It  is  especially  desirable  that  all  students  should 
be  present  at  the  opening  of  the  autumn  term;  if  this  is  not  possible, 
they  should  make  all  necessary  preparations  to  be  present  at  the 
beginning  of  the  next  term.  All  beneficiaries  will  understand  that 
any  unnecessary  delay  in  entering  the  institution  will  lead  to  the  for- 
feiture of  their  places. 

CALENDAR  FOR  THE  UNIVERSITY  YEAR  1875—70 . 

The  autumn  term  will  commence  on  the  6th  of  September,  1875, 
and  close  on  the  3d  of  December,  1875. 

The  winter  term  will  commence  on  the  6th  of  December,  1875, 
and  close  on  the  9th  of  March,  1876. 

The  spring  term  will  commence  on  the  12th  of  March,  1876,  and 
close  on  the  15th  of  June,  1876. 

Commencement  exercises  will  continue  through  the  last  week  of 
the  spring  term.  By  act  of  the  Legislature,  the  annual  meeting  of 
Board  of  Trustees  is  fixed  on  the  Monday  of  Commencement  week  in 
each  year. 

LABOR. 

Labor  in  ilie  Arkansas  Industrial  University  is  not  compulsory,  but 
it  is  the  opinion  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  as  well  as  of  the  Faculty, 
that  manual  labor  is  a good  thing  for  the  student — that  a certain 
amount  of  work  with  the  hands  will  enable  him  to  do  better  the  work 
of  the  brain.  To  the  extent  of  our  ability  to  furnish  it,  labor  will 
be  given  to  our  students  on  the  farm  and  grounds  of  the  University. 
So  far  as  our  finances  will  permit,  labor  to  the  deserving  student  will 
he  made  remunerative — the  rate  of  wages  being  fixed  by  the  Board 
of  Trustees  at  from  five  to  ten  cents  per  hour,  according  to  the  char- 
acter of  the  work  and  the  efficiency  of  the  worker.  Besides  remuner- 
ative labor,  that  kind  of  labor  which  may  be  denominated  educational 
— that  which  is  designed  for  practical  knowledge  and  instruction — 
will  be  encouraged,  so  that  all  may,  as  far  as  possible,  secure  the 
advantages  of  one  or  the  other. 

PROPERTY  AND  FUNDS. 

The  property  of  the  University  consists  of  the  proceeds  of  the 
munificent,  grant  of  land  by  Congress,  the  bonds  of  Washington 
county  and  the  town  of  Fayetteville,  the  appropriations  made  by  the 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


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State,  and  the  University  farm  and  lands  — amounting  in  all  to 
§300,000  in  value. 

The  bonds  of  the  count}’  of  "Washington,  §100,000,  and  of  the 
town  of  Fayetteville,  §30,000,  payable  thirty  years  from  date,  with 
interest  at  the  rate  of  eight  per  cent. per  annum,  have,  by  the  action  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees,  become  a portion  of  the  permanent  endowment 
of  the  University,  and  will  be  scrupulous!}7  held  for  that  purpose. 

EXPERIMENTAL  FARM . 

An  experimental  farm  of  excellent  character  has  been  provided, 
immediately  contiguous  to  the  University,  for  agricultural  and  horti- 
cultural purposes.  The  labor  system  will  be  voluntary,  and  students 
will  not  labor  exceeding  three  howi's  per  day,  Saturdays  excepted. 
Compensation  for  labor  will  be  from  five  to  ten  cents  per  hour,  accord- 
ing to  ability. 

APPOINTMENT  OF  BENEFICIARIES. 

All  ap  pointments  should  be  completed,  if  possible,  before  the 
opening  of  the  autumn  term.  The  county  judges,  who  make  the 
appointments,  should  prepare  duplicate  notifications  of  appointment, 
one  of  which  will  be  forwarded  to  the  President  of  the  University, 
and  one  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trustees;  and  in  case  the 
appointee  fails  to  appear  at  the  University  within  twenty  days  after 
the  commencement  of  the  autumn  term  (except  in  case  of  sickness), 
he  will  be  regarded  as  having  declined  his  appointment,  in  which  case 
it  will  be  the  duty  of  the  President  of  the  Faculty  to  notify  the  per- 
son making  the  appointment  of  such  failure,  who  will  make  another 
appointment  as  soon  thereafter  as  possible,  and  such  other  appointee 
will  be  required  to  appear  at  the  University  on  the  first  day  of  the  next 
term.  The  President  of  the  Faculty  shall  continue  to  notify  appoint- 
ing officers  till  their  respective  number  of  appointees  make  their  ap- 
pearance at  the  University. 

NUMBER  OF  BENEFICIARIES. 

It  is  provided  in  section  eighteen  ©f  the  act  of  the  General  Assem- 
bly establishing  the  University,  that  the  Board  of  Trustees  shall  have 
power  to  u prescribe  the  grade  and  number  of  scholarships,  and  pre- 
scribe the  rules  by  which  scholars  who  are  to  be  admitted  free  shall  be 
elected  equally  from  the  various  parts  ©f  the  State.”  They  have, 
therefore,  made  provisions  for  two  hundred  and  thirty-seven  benefi- 
ciaries, who  will  be  entitled  to  four  years’free  tuition,  and  who  are 
apportioned  among  the  several  counties  according  to  their  respective 
populations  by  the  United  States  census  of  118TQ,.  which  apportion- 
ment is  as  follows : 


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COUNTIES. 

^.2 

o« 

Ctq 

n 

COUNTIES. 

1 
o.2 
c£ 
A g 

2 

Lincoln 

3 

3 

Little  River 

2 

6 

Lonoke 

2 

2 

Lee 

2 

RoftllP : 

2 

Madison 

3 

Bradley 

3 

Marion 

2 

Calhoun 

2 

Mississippi 

2 

2 

Monroe 

4 

Chicot 

4 

Montgomery 

1 

Clark 

5 

Nevada 

2 

Clavton 

2 

Newton 

2 

Columbia 

4 

Ouachita 

6 

Con  way 

3 

Perry 

1 

Crawford 

4 

Phillips 

G 

Crittenden 

2 

Pike 

2 

Craighead 

2 

Poinsett 

1 

Cross 

2 

Polk 

1 2 

Dallas 

2 

Pope 

4 

Desha 

2 

Prairie 

4 

Drew 

4 

Pulaski 

14 

Dorsey 

2 

Randolph 

3 

Faulkner .* 

2 

Sarber 

2 

Franklin 

4 

St.  Francis 

3 

Fulton 

2 

Saline 

2 

Garland 

2 

Scott 

3 

Grant 

2 

Stone 

2 

Greene 

3 

Searcy  

2 

Howard 

2 

Sebastian 

6 

Hempstead 

6 

Sevier 

2 

Hot  Springs 

3 

Sharp  

3 

Independence 

6 

Union 

5 

Izard 

3 

Van  Buren 

2 

Jackson 

3 

Washington 

8 

Jefferson 

7 

White... 

5 

Johnson 

4 

Woodruff. 

4 

Lafavette 

4 

Yell 

4 

Lawrence 

3 

TUITION. 

Beneficiaries  and  normal  students,  upon  entering  the  University, 
will  he  required  to  pay  a matriculation  fee  of  five  dollars.  This 
entitles  them  to  free  tuition  for  four  years  if  beneficiaries,  and  three, 
if  normal  students. 

Students  other  than  beneficiaries  and  normal  students,  whether 
residents  or  non-residents  of  the  State,  will  be  charged  fifteen  dollars 
tuition  per  term  in  the  Collegiate,  and  ten  dollars  per  term  in  the 
Preparatory  Department  and  Training  School.  This  tuition  is  paid 
invariably  in  advance,  by  the  term,  at  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees,  at  Fayetteville. 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


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MI  LI  TAR  Y DEPARTMENT. 

Provision  has  been  made  for  instruction  in  military  science  and 
tactics,  and  all  able-bodied  male  students  will  be  required  to  drill 
twice  a week. 

A uniform  has  been  prescribed,  which  will  consist  of  a suit  of 
cadet  gray  mixed  cloth,  of  the  color  and  quality  worn  at  West  Point, 
and  a cap  of  dark  blue  cloth,  ornamented  in  front  with  the  initials  A. 
I.  U.  surrounded  by  a silver  wreath.  Owing  to  the  general  stringency 
of  the  times,  this  uniform,  with  the  exception  of  the  cap,  will  not  be 
required  for  the  coming  year,  but  students  are  urged  to  procure  it., 
(which  can  be  done  at  Fayetteville),  as  soon  as  their  means  will  per- 
mit. The  cap  can  be  had  at  or  near  cost,  on  their  arrival  at  the 
University.  The  suit,  consisting  of  blouse  and  pants,  will  cost  from 
$22.00  to  $26.00;  coat  (frock)  and  pants,  from  $26.00  to  $32.00. 

COMMERCIAL  COLLEGE. 

A Commercial  Course  of  two  years  has  beecn  organized,  and 
students  who  complete  it  will  be  entitled,  on  payment  of  fees  for 
diploma,  to  receive  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Commerce. 


CLASSICAL  COURSE. 


•FRESHMAN  YEAR. 

JFIttSE’  TKRM. 

Physical  Geography  (Elementary.)  Algebra. 

Caesar’s  Commentaries  and  Hark-  Physiology. 

ness’  Introduction  to  Latin  Harkncss'  First  Greek  Book  ^op- 
Composition.  tional.) 


SMCOSI)  TEEM. 

Algebra.  History. 

Katural  Philosophy.  Hark  ness’  First  Greek  Book  (cor- 

Hnglish  Diction  and  Elocution.  tinned  and  Xenophon's  An- 

Ciccrb’s  Orations  and  Latin  Gont-  abasis  commenced  (optional.) 

position.  French  (optional.) 

Physiology. 

TSfciSKQ-  TKK5E. 

'Geometry.  History. 

Cicero's  Orationsand  Latin  Com,-  Xenophon's  Anabasis  and  liar  Im- 
position. ness'  Greek  Composition  (op- 

Botany.  tional.) 

.Natural  Philosophy.  -French  (optional.) 


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SOPHOMORE  YEAR 


Geometry. 

Chemistry. 

Virgil’s  iEneid. 
German  (optional.) 


Chemistry. 

Livy- 

Plane  Trigonometry. 


FIRST  TERM. 

Homer,  with  written  exercises  (op- 
tional.) 

French  (optional.) 


SECOND  TERM. 

Euripides,  Iphigenia  in  Taurus, (op- 
tional). 

German  and  French  (optional). 


THIRD  TERM. 

Mineralogy.  Rhetoric. 

Surveying  and  Spherical  Trigo-  Aristophanes,  Bird’s,  (optional). 

nometry.  German  (optional). 

Horace. 


JUNIOR  YEAR. 


FIRST  TERM. 

Astronomy.  Thucydides,  Selections  (optional). 

Tacitus  (Germania  and  Agricola).  German  (optional). 

Rhetoric.  Surveying  and  Navigation. 

SECOND  TERM. 


English  Literature. 
Juvenal. 

Geology,  Astronomy. 


Sophocles  (CEdipus  Tyrannus  (op- 
tional). 

German  (optional). 


THIRD  TERM. 


Logie. 

English  Literature. 

Conic  Sections  and  Analytical  Ge- 
ometry. 

2* 


Demosthenes,  Olynthiacs  and 
Philippics,  (optional). 

Tacitus  (Histories). 

German  (optional). 


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SENIOR  YEAR. 


FIRST  TERM, 


Meteorology. 
Mental  Philosophy. 
Political  Economy. 


Elements  of  Criticism. 
Latin  (optional). 

Greek  (optional). 


SECOND  TERM. 


Moral  Philosophy. 
History  of  Civilization. 
Civil  Polity. 

Evidences  of  Christianity. 


Greek  (optional). 

Latin  (optional). 

Constitution  of  the  United  States* 


Modem  Philosophy. 
Constitutional  Law. 
Social  SeiencC'. 


THIRD  TERM. 

History  of  Inductive  Sciences. 
Latin  (optional). 

Greek  (optional). 


QUALIFICATION  FOE  ADMISSION. 

For  admission  to  the  Freshman  Class,  candidates  must  pass  a sat- 
isfactory examination  in  reading,  spelling,  penmanship,  algebra,  to 
equations  of  the  second  degree,  English  grammar,  geography,  arith- 
metic, Harkness'  introductory  Latin  book,  and  Harknoss7  Latin  reader, 
or  their  equivalents.  If  unable  to  pass  such  examination,  they  may 
be  placed  in  the  Preparatory  Department. 

For  admission  to  higher  classes,  students  must  have  done  the  work 
prescribed  for  preceding  classes. 

Candidates  must  be  of  good  moral  character,  and  not  under  the 
age  of  fifteen  years. 


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COURSE  IN  AGRICULTURE. 


Algebra. 

Physical  Geography: 
Manual  of  Farm. 

Free  Hand  Drawing. 

FIRST  YEAR 

FIRST  TETM. 

Practical  Agriculture — Lectures. 
•English  Diction  ahd  Elecution. 
Physiology. 

Algebra. 

Natural  Philosophy. 

SECOND  TEEM. 

Practical  Agriculture  and  Po- 
mology. 

English  Diction  and  Elocution,  Free  Hand  Drawing, 


Geometry. 

Botany. 

Natural  Philosophy. 
Free  Hand  Drawing. 

•t? 

THIRD  TERM. 

Manual  of  Farm. 

Practical  Agriculture  and  Horti- 
culture. 

Geometry. 

Chemistry, 

Botany. 

SECOND  YEAR. 

FIRST  TERM. 

General  HistorjT, 

Lectures  on  management  of  Soils 
and  Crops. 

SECOND  TERM. 

Chemistry — Laboratory  Practice.  Plane  Trigonometry, 

General  History.  Mechanical  Treatment  of  Soils 

Lectures  on  Breeding,  Races,  His-  and  Drainage, 

tory  and  Management  of  Stock. 


Mineralogy. 

Surveying. 

THIRD  TERM. 

Rhetoric. 

Propagation  of  Plants,  Seedlings, 

Chemistry— Qualitative  Analysis.  Grapes  and  Small  Fruits. 

Botany. 


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THIRD  YEAR. 


FIRST 

Astronomy. 

Chemistry — Qualitative  Analysis. 
Zoology, 


TERM. 

Chemical  Treatment  of  Soils  and 
Manures. 

Orcharding. 


SECOND  TERM. 

Geology.  Farm  Engineering,  Road  Making. 

English  Literature.  Farm  Machinery  and  Farm  Arch- 

Bookkeeping  and  Farm  Records.  itecture. 

Entomology. 

THIRD  TERM. 

Loffic.  Science  of  Government. 

« O 

Physical  Geography  and  Meteor-  Rural  Architecture, 
ology. 


FOURTH  YEAR. 


Mental  Philosophy. 
Political  Economy. 


FIRST  TERM. 

Rural  Law  and  Economy. 
Animal  Husbandry. 

SECOND  TERM. 


Moral  Philosophy.  Constitutional  Laws. 

History  of  Civilization.  Fruit  Culture  aud  Forestry. 


THIRD  TERM. 

Meteorology.  Veterinary  Surgery. 

Landscape  Gardening.  Current  History. 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


2d 


COURSE  IN  ENGINEERING. 


FIRST  YEAR. 

FIRST  TERM. 

Algebra.  Physiology. 

Physical  Geography.  English  Diction  and  Elocution. 

Drawing. 


SECO^  D TERM. 

Algebra.  Drawing. 

Geometry.  Natural  Philosophy. 

English  Diction  and  Elocution, 

THIRD  TERM. 

Geometry.  Botany. 

Natural  Philosophy,  Drawing, 


SECOND  YEAR. 


FIRST  TERM. 

I 

Plane  and  Spherical  Trigonometry.  Analytical  Geometry  and  Oonie 
Chemistry,  Sections. 

General  History,  Drawing, 


Chemistry, 

General  History, 
Linear  Perspective. 


SECOND  TERM. 

Analytical  Geometry  and  Conic 
Sections. 

vShades  and  Shadows, 

THIRD  TERM  . 


Mineralogy— Crystallography,  Drawing  Designs, 

Rhetoric.  Calculus, 


so 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


THIRD  YEAR. 


Astronomy. 

Theoretical  Mechanics. 

Geologj". 

Metal  lurgy. 

Logic. 

English  Literature. 


FIRST  TERM. 

Physics. 

SECOND  TERM. 

Physics. 

Applied  Mechanics. 

THIRD  TERM. 

Meteorology. 

Shading  and  Tinting. 


FOURTH  YEAR 


Mental  Philosophy. 
Political  Economy. 


Moral  Philosophy. 
History  of  Civilization. 
Constitutional  Law. 


Theory  of  Motors. 
Millwork  and  Machines. 


FIRST  TERM. 

Strength  of  Materials. 
Architecture. 

SECOND  TERM. 

Theory  of  Mechanics. 

Machine  Drawing. 

THIRD  TERM. 

Designs  and  Estimates. 

Railway  Surveys  and  Bridge  Build- 
ing. 


QUALIFICATIONS  FOR  ADMISSION. 

For  admission  to  the  Freshman  Class,  of  this  course,  candidates  must 
pass  a satisfactory  examination  in  reading,  spelling,  penmanship,  alge- 
bra to  equations  of  the  second  degree,  English  grammar,  geography, 
and  arithmetic.  If  unable  to  pass  such  examination,  they  may  be 
placed  in  the  Preparatory  Department. 

For  admission  to  higher  classes,  students  must  have  done  the  work 
prescribed  lor  preceding  classes. 

Candidates  must  be  of  good  moral  character,  not  under  the  age  of 
fifteen  yeal*s. 


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COMMERCIAL  COURSE. 


Algebra. 

Physiology. 

Arithmetic. 


Algebra. 

Natural  Philosophy. 
Bookkeeping. 

Geometry. 

P enmanship. 
Bookkeeping. 


JUNIOR  YEAR. 

FIRST  TERM. 

Penmanship. 

Bookkeeping. 

SECOND  TERM. 

Commercial  Arithmetic. 
Penmanship. 

THIRD  TERM. 

Natural  Philosophy. 
Commercial  Arithmetic. 


SENIOR  YEAR. 


Geometry. 

German. 

Physical  Geography. 

Plane  Trigonometry. 

Bookkeeping. 

History. 


FIRST  TERM. 

Bookkeeping. 

Penmanship. 

SECOND  TERM. 

German. 

Penmanship. 


third  term. 

Surveying  and  Spherical  Trigo-  Political  Economy 
nometry.  Science. 

German. 


and 


Moral 


QUALIFICATIONS  FOR  ADMISSION. 

For  admission  to  the  Junior  or  first  class,  of  this  course,  candidates 
must  pass  a satisfactory  examination  in  reading,  spelling,  penmanship, 
algebra  to  equations  of  the  second  degree,  English  grammar,  geogra- 
phy,  and  arithmetic.  If  unable  to  pass  such  an  examination,  they  may 
be  placed  in  the  Preparatory  Department. 

For  admission  into  the  Senior  class,  students  must  have  done  the 
work  prescribed  for  the  Junior  class. 

Candidates  for  admission  into  any  of  the  colleges  connected  with 
the  University,  must  present  satisfactory  evidence  of  good  moral 
character.  If  previously  connected  with  any  other  College  or  Univer- 
sity, they  must  produce  certificates  of  honorable  standing  from  the 
authorities  thereof. 


By  the  aet  of  the  General  Assembly  carrying  into  effect  the  act  of 
Congress  making  the  grant  for  the  Industrial  University,  it  was  pro- 
vided that  there  should  be  a Normal  Department  therein.  A Normal 
Department  has  been,  therefore  established  in,  or  in  connection  with 
the  University.  This  department  is  now  fully  in  operation,  and  is 
designed  to  furnish  a thorough  course  of  instruction  to  all  those  who 
desire  to  engage  in  the  profession  of  teaching  in  the  public  schools. 

The  courses  of  study  and  training  in  this  department  are  separate 
and  distinct  from  the  University  courses — the  great  aim  being  the 
education  of  teachers. 

QUALIFICATIONS  FOR  ADMISSION. 

Applicants  for  admission  must  be  of  good  moral  character,  and 
must,  if  males,  be  sixteen,  if  females,  fourteen  years  of  age  ; the}’  must 
also  pass  a satisfactory  examination  in  the  common  English  branches. 

TRAINING  SCHOOL. 

The  Primary  Department  of  the  University,  as  formerly  con- 
ducted, has  been  dispensed  with,  and  in  lieu  thereof  a Training  School 
has  been  established,  which  will  be  operated  in  conduction  with  the 
Normal  Department  of  the  University,  and  under  the  immediate  super- 
vision of  the  Principal  thereof.  This  Training  School  will  have  a 
preceptress  in  charge;  and  will  also  to  some  extent  be  taught  by  nor- 
mal students,  in  the  manner  customary  in  the  normal  schools  of  the 
country.  Care  will  be  taken  to  see  that  proper  instruction  is  given, 
and  no  pains  will  be  spared  to  render  this  Training  School  as  efficient 
in  all  respects  as  an}’  other,  for  children. 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


COURSE  OF  STUDY. 


FIRST  YEAR. 

FIRST  TERM . 

Arithmetic  through  fractions.  Sentence  making. 


Geography, 

Spelling  and  Phonics. 
Impromptu  Composition. 

Arithmetic. 

Etymology. 

Heading  and  Spelling. 
Methods  of  Teaching. 

Arithmetic. 

Geography. 

Latin,  German  or  French. 
Practice  in  Teaching. 


Reading. 

Drawing  and  Penmanship. 
Music. 

SECOND  TERM.  k 

Grammar. 

Geography. 

Impromptu  Composition. 
Drawing  and  Penmanship. 

THIRD  TERM. 

Grammar  (Syntax). 
Botany. 

Methods  of  Teaching. 


SECOND  YEAR. 


FIRST  TERM. 

Arithmetic.  United  States  History. 

Algebra.  Physiology. 

Latin,  German  or  French.  Methods  of  Teaching 

Impromptu  Composition  and  Drawing. 


Algebra. 

Geometry. 

Essays  and  Drawing. 


SECOND  TEEM. 

Physiology. 

United  States  History. 


Algebra. 
Philosophy. 
General  History, 


3 


THIRD  TEEM. 

Geometry, 

English  Literature. 
Practice  in  Teaching. 


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THIRD  YEAR. 

FIRST  TERM. 

Geometry.  English  Literature. 

Theory  and  Art  of  Teaehing.  Physical  Geography. 
Chemistry.  Astronomy. 

SECOND  TERM. 

Trigonometry.  Astronomy. 

Chemistry.  English  - Literature. 

Essays  on  Mental  Develepment.  Mental  and  Moral  Science. 
Lectures  on  the  Constitutions  of  the 
United  States  and  Arkansas. 

THIRD  TERM. 

Geology.  Reviews. 

Essays.  Mental  and  Moral  Science. 

Lectures  on  the  Constitutions  of  the  Surveying. 

United  States  and  Arkansas. 


In  view  of  the  fact  that  the  educational  facilities  of  this  State  have 
been  and  are,  with  the  exception  of  a few  favored  localities,  such  that 
young  persons  desirous  of  a collegiate  or  normal  education  have  been 
and  are  unable  properly  and  sufficiently  to  prepare  themselves  to 
enter  the  Industrial  University  or  Normal  School  therein,  there  has 
been  established,  in  connection  with  the  University  and  Normal 
School,  a Preparatory  Department.  This  is  intended  to  be  auxiliary 
to  the  higher  departments,  and  especially  to  prepare  pupils  who  may 
enter  it  for  those  departments.  This  department  is  under  the  gen* 
eral  supervision  of  the  Faculty  of  the  University  and  Normal  Depart- 
ment.  Beneficiaries  who,  upon  an  examination  by  the  Faculty,  may 
be  found  -not  qualified  to  enter  the  Industrial  University,  may  be 
placed  in  the  Preparatory  Department  as  beneficiaries ) but  the  time 
spent  by  them  in  this  department  will  be  deducted  from  the  four 
years’  free  tuition  to  which  they  are  entitled  in  the  University  by 
virtue  of  their  appointments. 


FIRST  YEAR. 


FIRST  TERM. 


Charts  and  First  Header . 

Arithmetic . — Counting,  reading  and  writing  numbers  to  100.  .Sums 
and  differences  to  10,  Using  objects. 

Conversational  Lessons  on  familiar  things,'  as  toys,  bright  colored 
objects  in  the  school-room,  yard,  etc.,  to  develop  power  of  expression. 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


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SECOND  TEEM. 

First  Reader. — Finish  and  review. 

Arithmetic . — Counting,  reading  and  writing  numbers  to  1,000.  All 
products  to  20,  using  objects. 

Conversational  Lessons  on  objects  not  present,  for  cultivation  of  lan- 
guage and  conception,  as  “ birds’  nests,”  “ our  dog,”  “your  cat.,”  etc. 

Lessons  on  Place.— Arranging  of  objects  by  child  and  representa- 
tion of  same  on  slates  and  black-board.  Cardinal  and  semi-cardinal 
points. 

Music, 


THIRD  THEM.  ' 

Reading. — Nursery,  and  other  selections  suitable  for  children. 

Arithmetic. — -Introducing  the  idea  of  division  by  means  of  objects. 
Continue  and  extend  work  ot  previous  term. 

Form. — Lines  and  angles. 

•Lessons  on  Place. — Develop  the  idea  of  map.  Draw  map  of  school- 
room, floor,  yard,  city,  etc. 

Size.  —Measurement  of  lines  and  distances. 

Conversational  Lessons.-*- -Writing  of  sentences  on  familiar  objects, 
giving  attention  to  capitals,  periods  and  correct  expression.  Con- 
tinue work  of  previous  terra. 


SECOND  YEAE. 

FIRST  TERM. 

Second  Reader . 

Arithmetic.  -Primary  to  subtraction. 

Conversational  Lessons. — Stories  read  by  teacher  and  reproduced  by 
children.  This  exercise  is  valuable,  as  it  is  specially  adapted  to  the 
formation  of  good  style.  Writing  sentences;  as  in  previous  term. 

Lessons  on  Place. — Present  map  of  the  county,  with  definitions  of 
such  terms  as  may  arise,  as  river,  bank,  source,  brook,  tributary,  agri- 
culture, trading,  etc.  / 

Form. — Triangles  and  quadrilaterals. 

Size . — Continuation  of  previous  term’s  work. 


SECOND  TERM, 

Second  Reader. — Finish  and  review. 

Arithmetic. — Primary  to  division. 

Conversational  Lessons. — Exercise  in  general  description,  as  form, 
size,  color,  etc*.  Objects  described  and  guessed  ; child  conceals  some 
nhiecl,  and  others  describe  it  : show  picture,  and  children  tell  wind 


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they  see  in  it,  and  draw  from  it  as  much  of'  a story  as  possible  Culti- 
vate observation  and  judgment.  Read  a story,  and  require  its  repro- 
duction. Writing  of  sentences,  and  attention  given  to  pronunciation, 
etc. 

Familiar  Mammalia. — As  cat,  dog,  horse,  rat,  pig,  etc.,  naming  and 
describing  parts,  especially  such  as  will  help  in  classification;  habits 
also  noticed. 

Color. — Distinguish  a few  prominent  colors,  as  red,  yellow,  blue, 
green,  etc.  Exercises  in  patterning,  the  child  always  imitating  the 
teacher;  cultivate  taste. 

Geography. — Oral.  Study  of  the  State  of  Arkansas  and  contiguous 
States,  defining  such  terms  as  may  arise. 

Music. 


THIRD  TERM  . 

Reading. — Select  reading. 

Geography. — Continue  work  of  previous  term,  finishing  the  United 
States.  Elementary  to  page  71. 

Arithmetic. — Primary  to  federal  money. 

Familiar  Mammalia. — Same  as  previous  term,  introducing  adapta- 
tion of  parts. 

Conversational  Lessons. — Simple  subjects  and  plan  given  ; children 
required  to  make  a story;  continued  stories  read  and  reproduction 
required.  Exercises  in  writing  sentences,  punctuation  and  capitals. 

Form — Polygons  and  most  familiar  solids. 

Size -and  Weight.  — Continue  work  with  weights  and  measures. 

Color. — An  additional  number  of  common  colors  learned.  Pat- 
terning continued. 

Botany . — Miss  Yo  uman’s  course. 

Music. 


THIRD  YEAR. 


FIEST  TERM. 

Arithmetic. — Primary,  finish. 

Geography — Elementary,  finish  to  part  III. 

Familiar  Insects. — Same  work  as  with  mammalia,  using  the  micro- 
scope. 

Conversational  Lessons. — Same  as  previous  term.  Different  subjects 
given  to  each  child  and  stories  required.  Exercises  in  writing  sen- 
tences, punctuation,  capitals,  etc.  Correction  of  false  syntax. 


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Color. — Names  of  standard  colors,  red,  green,  yellow,  etc.,  formed 
by  actual  experiment.  Tints  and  shades. 

Form.  —Circulars,  curvilinear  angles. 

Botany m — Miss  Youman's  lessons. 

Music. 


SECOND  TEEM. 

Third  Reader. — -Finished  and  reviewed. 

Geography. — Elementary. 

Arithmetic. — Intermediate  to  page  96.  . 

Form. — Solids,  cones  and  cylinders. 

Color.—  Secondary  colors,  how  formed.  Hues  of  violet. 

Conversational  Lessons. — Same  as  in  previous  term.  Description  of 
scenes  and  events  which  pupils  have  knowledge  of.  Work  on  sen- 
tences continued.  Separation  of  simple  prose  into  sentences,  with 
capitals  and  punctuation  marks. 

Animals. — Less  familiar  mammalia,  as  elephant,  camel,  bear.  Pic- 
tures presented. 

Music. 

third  term. 

Reading.— -Selections. 

Arithmetic. — Intermediate  to  page  174. 

Geography. — Intermediate. 

Grammar. — Oral  lessons  on  the  parts  of  speech,  taking  first  the 
noun  and  verb,  and  forming  the  sentence. 

Conversational  Lessons. — Exercises  in  writing  sentences,  punctua- 
tion, false  syntax,  etc.  Separation  of  prose  into  sentences;  combining 
statements  into  single  sentences.  Oral  exercises,  same  as  previous  term. 

Animals. — Familiar  birds;  parts,  adaptation,  habits,  etc. 

Color. — Hues,  tertiaries. 

Botany. — Miss  Youmans’  course. 

Music. 


FOUETH  YEAE. 

fTRST  TERM. 

Fourth  Reader. 

Arithmetic. — Intermediate  to  page  274. 

Geography.  — Intermedia  te . 

Grammar. — Oral  lessons  continued,  taking  up  phrase'  and  clause 
modifiers. 


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Composition. — Visits,  journeys,  description  of  places,  etc.,  requiring 
written  work. 

Atiimals. — Familiar  reptiles,  fishes,  etc. 

Color. — Harmony  of  secondaries,  tertiaries. 

Botany. 

Penmanship. 

Music. 

SECOND  TERM. 

Fourth  Reader. — Finished  and  reviewed. 

Arithmetic. — Intermediate  finished  and  reviewed. 

Geography. — Intermediate. 

Composition. — Stories  told  from  suggestive  pictures,  without  conver- 
sations. Subjects  strongly  suggestive  of  a story  given,  as  u I want,” 
“ Katy’s  first  day  at  church,  ” etc. 

Color. — -.Colors  as  emblematic  flags,  railway  signals,  etc. 

Penmanship . 

Animals. — Less  familiar  birds  and  reptiles,  with  a few  common  mol- 
lusks. 

Grammar. — Properties  of  parts  of  speech. 

Drawing. — Leaf'  flower  and  fruit,  also  familiar  objects. 

Latin. 


THIRD  TERM. 

Reading. — Select  current  reading. 

Arithmetic . 

Grammar. 

Drawing. — Leaf,  flower  and  fruit,  also  familiar  objects. 

Composition. — Same  as  previous  term.  Letters,  analysis  of  subject 
and  different  heads  to  different  children. 

Penmanship . 

Latin . 

Music. 


FIFTH  YEAR, 

FIRST  TERM. 

Fifth  Reader. 

Arithmetic. 

Grammar . 

History. — United  States. 

Drawing. 

Composition. — Same  as  previous  term. 


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Penmanship. 

Music.  ",‘'i . | 

Algebra. 

Latin. 

SECOND  TERM. 

Fifth  Reader. 

Arithmetic. 

Latin. 

Algebra. 

Draw  ing. 

History. — United  States. 

Composition. — Subjects  more  difficult,  less  suggestive,  still  involving 
narrative  or  description.  Current  history  or  biography. 

Penmanship. 

Grammar. 

Music. 

THIRD  TERM. 

Reading.— Fifth  Beader,  choice  literature  and  biography. 

Arithmetic. 

Composition. — Same  as  previous  term. 

Algebra. 

Latin. 

Grammar. 

Physiology. 

Music. 


Many  letters  have  been  received  asking  how  a student  can  pay  his 
way  by  labor — what  our  labor  system  is— what  is  the  design  of  the 
Normal  Department — what  is  the  price  of  board,  tuition,  books,  etc. 

An  attempt  has  been  made  to  answer  these  inquiries  in  this  circular, 
and  one  will  be  sent  in  reply  to  such  letters  hereafter,  unless  a written 
answer  seems  to  be  required. 

Board,  in  private  families,  in  Fayetteville,  including  fuel,  light  and 
washing,  can  be  had  for  from  $100  to  $130  per  scholastic  year  of  nine 
months. 

A beneficiary  or  Normal  student  pays  $5.00  matriculation  fee. 
After  this  his  tuition  is  free. 

All  other  students  pay  from  $20.00  to  $45.00  per  year  for  tuition, 
and  by  recent  action  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  this  tuition  is  to  he  paid 
by  the  term,  in  advance,  and  hereafter  no  name  is  to  be  entered  on  the 
University  rolls  until  the  receipt  of  the  Secretary,  for  his  or  her 
tuition,  shall  be  presented. 

All  new  students  entering  the  Collegiate  Department  are  required 
to  pay  a matriculation  fee  of  $5.00. 

The  books  used  in  the  University  can  be  bought  in  Fayetteville  at 
publishers'  prices.  Students  should  bring  with  them  such  books  as 
they  have,  for  reference. 

Students  can  wear  such  clothing  here  as  they  have  been  accustomed 
to  at  home.  Cleanliness,  neatness  and  comfort  only  will  be  required. 

While  it  is  true  that  several  students  have  paid  their  way  while  in 
school  by  labor,  it  is  not  a safe  dependence.  It  has  been  done  by  the 
closest  economy  and  the  most  determined  thrift. 

The  energy  and  economy  necessary  to  carry  such  through  their 
course  should  be  used  in  the  first  place  in  providing  a small  amount 
of  money  to  start  with.  An  unlimited  amount  of  remunerative  labor 
cannot  be  promised,  though  as  much  as  possible  will  be  provided  for 
such  students  as  have  a mind  to  use  it  to  accomplish  the  two  ends  for 
which  it  is  furnished. 

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The  Normal  Department  is  designed  solely  for  the  education  of 
teachers  j either  those  who-  have  begun  to  teach,  or  young  persons  who 
desire  to  fit  themselves  for  teaching.  No  one  has  a right  to  free  tuition 
in  this  department  who  does  not,  in  good  faith  and  with  proper 
motives,  intend  to  make  teaching  his  profession. 

It  is  admitted  that  a doctor  or  lawyer  should  have  some  training  or 
preparation  to  be  successful  in  his  profession,  and  schools  for  this 
purpose  have  been  established.  Thoughtful  parents  are  beginning  to 
feel  that  teachers  also  need  preparation  for  their  work,  and  they  are 
dema'iding  men  and  women  of  the  best  talents  and  character  and  the 
highest  culture  as  the  teachers  of  their  children.  It  is  to  meet  and 
encourage  this  want  that  the  Normal  Department  is  established. 

DISCIPLINE. 

If  our  students  are  to  become  valued  and  noble  citizens  they  need 
to  learn  self  government,  and  to  conform  their  conduct  to  the  laws  of 
their  country  and  to  the  usages  of  good  society  more  than  they  need 
to  learn  science.  Students  must  not  expect  to  be  governed,  but  to 
govern  themselves.  It  is  no  part  of  the  duty  of  the  Faculty  to  act  the 
part  of  policemen  or  spies  upon  the  conduct  of  students.  With  the 
instructions  they  receive,  those  who  care  and  try  can  be  gentlemen. 
Those  who  do  not  care  nor  try,  need  not  come,  for  they  will  not  be  per- 
mitted to. remain  as  students. 

It  will  not  be  enough  fora  student  to  order  his  conduct  well  during 
school  days  and  while  upon  the  college  premises.  The  every-day  life 
of  the  student  must  give  evidence  of  growth  in  manly  virtue  and 
scholarly  attainments.  The  widest  personal  freedom  will  be  accorded 
to  every  one  to  do  all  that  is  good  and  right,  and  the  fullest  opportu- 
nity and  the  most  abundant  material  possible  will  be  furnished,  but 
whatever  is  unmanly  and  lowers  one's  self-respect,  will  not  be  tolerated. 

Loitering  in  the  streets  and  shops,  the  contracting  of  debts,  and 
the  spending  of  money  foolishly,  the  use  of  profane,  indecent  or  un- 
gentlemanly  language,  all  forms  of  dissipation,  ihc  spending  of  time 
in  any  company  whose  influence  does  not  lead  to  a higher  and  better 
life,  are  some  of  the  things  which  must  be  avoided  by  students. 

In  short,  we  expect  every  student  to  see  to  it  that  every  act  of  his 
does  honor  to  himself  and  the  University-  to  let  his  highest  ambition 
and  aim  he  to  accomplish  some  noble  purpose,  both  while  a student  and 
through  life. 

Absolute  promptness  in  attendance  and  in  the  performance  of  all 
duties  will  he  required,  not  more  for  the  good  of  the  school  than  for 
its  value  to  the  student  as  a habit. 


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Besides  the  regular  work  of  the  day,  two  or  three  hours  of  study 
at  night  will  be  required  of  adult  students  in  good  health. 

Students  should  enter  at  the  beginning  of  the  year  (September  7th), 
but  if  this  is  impossible  they  should  enter  at  the  beginning  of  some  term, 
as  classes  cannot  be  formed  during  term- lime. 

All  students  will  be  required  co  ente»*  upon  some  regular  course  of 
study,  and  they  will  not  be  permitted  to  depart  from  that  course  except 
for  good  reasons. 

Absence,  except  for  unavoidable  causes,  or  leaving  without  the 
consent  of  the  Faculty,  will  forfeit  the  student’s'  membership. 

/ • LITEBABY  SOCIETIES. 

Two  literary  societies,  the  “ Clariosophic’'  and  the  “Mathetian,” 
have  been  established.  They  are  both  sustained  with  great  interest 
and  furnish  valuable  aid  in  the  intellectual  training  of  the  student. 

LIBBABY. 

The  University  library,  though  at  this  time  small,  comprises  some 
valuable  works.  Additions  will  be  made  from  time  to  time.  All 
students  have  access  to  the  library  free  of  charge. 

MUSIC  DEPABTMENT. 

For  the  practice  of  chorus  singing  two  societies  are  organized — Eu- 
terpean  and  Philharmonic. 

A class  will  be  formed  this  year  in  the  Primary  Department  for  the 
purpose  of  teaching  the  elements  of  music. 

Special  instruction  in  vocal  and  instrumental  music  will  be  given, 
two  lesions  a week,  by  W.  D.  C.  Botefuhr,  Professor  of  Music,  assisted 
by  Miss  Laura  Botefuhr. 

Tuition  $15.00  per  term  for  advanced  and  $10.00  per  term  lor 
primary  scholars,  payable  one-half  in  advance,  balance  at  the  end  of 
each  term. 

Use  of  piano,  one  hour  per  day,  $3.50  per  term. 

CONTRIBUTIONS. 

Contributions  arc  solicited  for  our  library,  reading  room,  labora- 
tory and  museum. 

Any  book,  paper  or  manuscript  of  historical  or  other  value  ; 

Any  piece  of  chemical,  philosophical  or  mechanical  apparatus; 

Any  ores,  crystals,  precious  or  valuable  stones,  vegetable  or  ani- 
mal fossils,  or  any  other  thing  that  will  be  a source  of  information  to 
our  students,  will  be  thankfully  received. 


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We  hereby  designate  and  request  County  Superintendents  of 
Public  Schools  to  take  charge  of  and  forward  to  the  University,  by 
students  or  others  who  may  be  coming,  any  of  the  above  named  do- 
nations. 


CABINET  AND  MUSEUM. 

The  collections  in  these  are  yet  inconsiderable,  but  they  are  slowly 
increasing.  The  State  Geologist  has  kindly  consented  to  forward  to 
the  University  duplicates  of  she  specimens  obtained  by  him,  and  in 
time  this  feature  can  be  made  of  rare  attractiveness. 


APPARATUS. 


The  University  will  be  supplied  for  the  coming  year  with  mathe- 
matical and  philosophical  apparatus,  and  additions  will  be  made  to  the 
chemical  department,  which  is  already  in  efficient  operation. 

BAND. 

A brass  band  of  fourteen  pieces,  organized  for  special  use,  in  con- 
nection with  the  military  department  of  the  University,  and  composed 
entirely  of  students,  has  already  demonstrated  its  usefulness. 

BRANCH  NORMAL  COLLEGE. 

By  an  act  of  the  Legislature,  approved  April  25,  1873,  the  organ- 
ization of  a Branch  Normal  College  was  provided  for,  and  $25,000 
were  appropriated  to  carry  the  act  into  effect. 

This  appropriation  was  in  State  scrip,  and  owing  to  its  depreciated 
value,  the  organization  of  the  College  has  not  yet  taken  place.  At 
the  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  however,  in  July,  1874,  a Spe- 
cial Committee,  consisting  of  Trustees  Jones,  Johnson  and  Thompson, 
was  appointed  to  carry  this  law  into  effect,  and  immediate  steps  will 
be  taken  to  do  so,  locating  this  College,  which  is  specially  designed  for 
colored  students,  somewhere  in  the  Southern  or  Eastern  portion  of  the 
State.  [See  Branch  Normal  College,  Appendix.] 

THE  NEW  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES. 

By  an  act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State,  approved  May  30th, 
1874,  all  the  trusteeships  of  the  University,  as  created  by  the  act  of 
the  Legislature,  approved  March  27th,  1874,  wmre  vacated,  and  the 
Board  of  Trustees  was  made  to  consist,  until  otherwise  provided  by 
law,  of  Dudley  E.  Jones,  L.  Gregg,  A.  W.  Dinsmore,  James  M.  John- 
son, M.  F.  Lake,  Wood  E.  Thompson,  J.  C.  Walker,  the  Governor  of 
the  State  for  the  time  being,  and  the  President  of  the  University. 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


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GENERAL  CONDUCT  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY. 

It  is  due  to  the  authorities  of  the  University,  in  explanation  of  the 
fact  that  agriculture  and  the  mechanic  arts  have  not  yet  been  as  full 3^ 
taught  as  the  acts  of  Congress  contemplate,  to  make  some  reference 
to  the  condition  of  educational  matters  here,  when  the  Arkansas 
Industrial  University  was  organized.  At  that  time,  such  was  the  dis- 
position of  the  State  to  patronize  the  institution,  and  so  great  was  and 
■still  is  the  demand  throughout  the  State  for  general  education, 
that  the  University  came  rapidly  and  from  necessity  to  assume,  in 
part,  the  form  of  an  institution  for  general  instruction.  By  the  laws 
of  the  State,  there  is  likewise  attached  to  it  a Normal  Department, 
which  it  becomes  our  dut3"  to  develop,  nevertheless,  u Agriculture  and 
the  Mechanic  Arts”  will  receive  the  full  attention  that  the  acts  of 
Uongress  contemplate  when  man3'  of  the  young  men  admitted  into 
the  institution,  and  who  are  the  sons  of  farmers,  shall  have  become 
more  thoroughly  grounded  in  the  rudiments  of  general  knowledge, 
the  special  training  for  mechanical  and  agricultural  life  then  begin- 


ning. 


FOR  THE  GOVERNMENT  OF  THE  MILITARY  DEPARTMENT 
AT  THE  \RK\NSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY, 
ADOPTED  MARCH  9,  1874. 


I.  This  department  will  be  governed,  in  as  far  as  they  ma}^  be 
applied,  by  the  General  Regulations  and  Tactics  adopted  for  the 
United  States  army. 

II.  The  course  will  consist  of  practical  and  theoretical  instruction 
in  the  tactics  of  the  different  arms,  military  police  and  discipline, 
ordnance  and  gunnery,  international  and  military  law,  military  engin- 
eering* topographical  drawing,  military  history,  strategy  and  the  art 
of  war. 

III.  For  practical  instruction  in  military  science  and  tactics  the 
male  students  of  the  University  will  be  organized  intp  a battalion  of 
companies  the  battalion  to  be  under  the,  command  of  the  Military 
Professor.  The  battalion  staff  will  consist  of  one  Adjutant,  one  Quar- 
termaster, one  Sergeant-Major  and  one  Quartermastpr-Sergeant.  Each 
company, will  consist  of  one  Captain,  one  First  and  one  Second  Lieu- 
tenant, five  Seargents,  four  Corporals,  two  Musicians,  land  privates  not 
to  exceed  fifty. 

IV.  This  organization  shall  be  known  as  the  “Arkansas  Indus- 
trial University  Cadets.” 

V.  The  Officers  and  non-commissioned  officers  shall  be  appointed 
by  the  President  of  the  University,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the 
Professor  of  Military  Science  and  Tactics.  The  selections  will  be 
made  from  those  students  who  have  been  most  diligent  and  prompt  in 
the  performance  of  their  duties,  and  most  exemplary  in  their  general 
deportment.  In  general,  the  officers  will  be  taken  from  the  Senior 
and  Junior  classes,  and  the  more  advanced  students  of  the  Normal 
Department;  the  non-commissioned  officers  from  the  Sophomore  and 


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and  Freshman  classes,  the  Normal  Department  and  the  Preparatory 
School. 

YT.  There  will  be  theoretical  instruction  and  military  exercises  at 
such  times  as  the  President  may  direct. 

YIT.  All  arms  and  other  public  property  issued  to  cadets  shall  be 
marked  with  their  company  number.  They  shall  only  be  used  on  duty. 
No  cadet  shall  lend  or  exchange  his  arms  or  accoutrements,  or  use  those 
of  another  cadet.  No  cadet  shall  alter  his  musket  by  scraping,  filing, 
cutting,  or  varnishing  the  stock,  barrel,  or  any  part  of  it;  nor  shall 
the  lock  be  removed  or  taken  apart  without  the  permission  of  the  Mil- 
itary Professor.  The  guns  will  habitually  be  kept  in  the  rack  in  the 
armory,  the  corresponding  accoutrements  hanging  thereon. 

YIII.  Cadets  are  required  at  all  times  to  have  their  muskets  and 
accoutrements  in  good  order  and  serviceable  condition.  They  will  be 
held  personally  responsible  for  any  loss  or  damage  to  public  property 
issued  to  them,  or  while  in  their  possession. 

IX.  The  duties  of  Battalion  Adjutant  and  Quartermaster,  will  be 
those  assigned  to  the  offices  by  the  United  States  Army  Regulations, 
and  in  addition,  such  other  special  duties  as  may  be  ordered  by  proper 

authority. 

X.  It  shall  bo  the  duty  of  the  Adjutant  to  receive  the  reports  at 
all  military  formations,  transmitting  the  same  to  the  Chief  of  the  De- 
partment, or  to  the  cadet  officers  in  charge. 

XI.  Cadets  will  be  reported  “absent”  at  any  formation,  when  not 
in  ranks  before  the  cadet  calling  the  roll  makes  his  report.  Officers 
will  be  reported  “ absent”  who  are  not  on  the  company  parade  when 
the  Captain  makes  his  report.  A cadet  will  be  reported  “ late”  at  any 
formation  who  is  not  in  ranks  when  the  signal  ceases.  Officers  will  be 
reported  “late”  who  are  not  in  front  of  their  companies,  properly 
equipped,  when  the  signal  ceases. 

XII.  The  Battalion  Quartermaster  will  have  the  armory  in  charge, 
and  will  be  held  responsible  for  the  safe-keeping  and  preservation  of 
all  arms,  accoutrements  and  other  public  property,  and  for  the  en- 
forcement of  such  rules  and  regulations  thereto,  as  may  be  prescribed 
by  the  Military  Professor. 

XIII.  No  cadet  shall  be  absent  from  any  military  duty  whatever, 
without  the  permission  of  the  President  or  Military  Professor,  unless 
by  reason  of  sickness  or  other  unavoidable  causes. 

XIY.  Personal  cleanliness  is  expected  of  all  cadets.  The  uniform 
or  clothing  will  be  kept  in  good  condition  and  neat.  The  hair  will  be 
kept  short,  whiskers  and  mustaches  neatly  trimmed. 


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ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


XV.  Habits  of  order,.,  attention  and  punctuality  in  the  discharge 
of  all  duties,  are  especially  enjoined  upon  cadets.  Prompt  and  ready 
obedience  is  the  essence  of  all  discipline,  it  is,  moreover,  indicative  of 
a cultivated  mind,  and  he  makes  the  best  citizen  or  soldier  who  has 
thoroughly  learned  the  duty  of  obedience,  A non-compliance  with 
the  requirements  of  rules,  regulations,  and  orders,  indicates  a spirit  of 
insubordination,  a disregard  for  authority,  which  cannot  be  allowed. 

XVL  Inferiors  will  be  required  to  obey  strictly  and  to  execute 
with  alacrity  and  good  faith  the  lawful  orders  of  the  superiors  ap- 
pointed over  them, 

XVII,  Superiors  of  every  grade  are  forbidden  to  injure  those 
under  them  by  tyrannical  or  capricious  conduct,  or  by  abusive  language. 
Authority  will  be  exercised  with  firmness  but  with  justice  to  all. 

XVIII.  In  all  of  the  official  relations  the  courtesy  becoming  gen- 
tlemen will  be  required  of  all  cadets — the  subordinate  recognizing  the 
superior  in  military  rank  by  the  salute  which  military  etiquette  enjoins, 

XIX.  These  regulations  will  be  strictly  obeyed  and  enforced. 

By  order  of  the  President.  EDWIN  S.  CURTIS, 

First  Liutenant,  Second  Artillery,  Prof.  M.  S.  and  T, 


UNIFORM. 

The  following  dress  is  prescribed  as  the  uniform  for  University 
Cadets. 

Coat,  Full-dress*  Frock  of  cadet  gray — single-breasted,  nine  but- 
tons in  front,  four  on  skirt  in  rear,  and  three  small  buttons  on  each 
cuff.  The  skill  to  extend  from  one-half  to  three-fourths  the  distance 
from  the  hip  joint  to  the  bend  of  the  knee)  coat  to  be  piped  with 
scarlet)  stand-up  collar,  not  less  than  one  nor  more  than  two  inches  in 
height,  of  scarlet  cloth)  cut  square  to  hookup  close  in  front)  skirt  of 
coat  on  each  side  of  opening  behind  to  be  faced  with  scarlet  cloth  ) 
two  bands  of  scarlet  cloth  one-half  inch  in  width  and  one  inch  apart, 
on  each  sleeve,  two  and  one-half  inches  from  the  end. 

Blouse,  For  Squad  and  Company  drills  and  other  duty  when  authorized 
by  proper  authority,  and  for  ordinary  wear ; a sack  coat  of  cadet  gray, 
falling  collar,  single-breasted,  with  five  buttons  in  front  and  three  on 
each  cuff)  the  skirt  to  extend  from  one-third  to  two-thirds  the  distance 
from  the  hip-joint  to  the  bend  of  the  knee)  coat  to  have  no  outside 
pockets  and  to  be  piped  with  scarlet. 


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Pantaloons.  Gray  cloth,  same  material  as  coat,  witli  stripe  of 
scarlet  cloth  one  inch  wide  down  the  outer  seam. 

Forage  Cap.  Dark  blue  cloth,  according  to  pattern,  with  initials 
“ A.  I.  U,”  surrounded  by  wreath,  all  in  silver. 

Cadets  acting  as  officers  and  non-commissioned  officers  shall  be 
designated  by  the  following  badges  : 

Captain.  Chevrons  of  four  bars  of  scarlet  cloth,  one-halt  inch  in 
width,  on  each  arm  above  the  elbow,  point  up 

Lieutenant.  Chevrons  of  three  bars,  same  material  and  pattern. 

Adjutant.  The  Lieutenant's  chevron  with  an  arc. 

Quartermaster.  The  Lieutenant's  chevron  with  a horizontal  bar. 

Sergeant.  Chevrons  of  two  bars,  same  material  and  pattern. 

First  Sergeant.  Sergeant’s  chevron  with  a lozenge. 

Color  Sercjeant.  Sergeant’s  chevron  with  a star. 

Corporal.  Chevrons  of  one  bar,  same  material  and  pattern. 

Color  Corporal.  In  addition  to  corporal’s  chevron,  will  wear  u pon 
both  sleeves  a star  of  scarlet  cloth,  two  inches  in  diameter. 


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Fayetteville,  Ark.,  June  16,  1875. 

The  Board  met  pursuant  to  adjournment,  and  tho  President,  Gov. 
Garland,  being  absent,  Hon.  James  M.  Johnson  was  elected  President 
pro  tern. 

The  roll  being'  called,  -the  following  Trustees  responded  to  their 
names : 

Bishop,  Dinsmfore,  Jones,  Johnson,  Gregg,  Lake  and  Thompson. 

The  regular  order  of  business  was  then  called,,  when  the  various 
committees  and  officers  asked  time  to  get  up  their  reports,  which  was 
granted.  * 

The  oath  of  office  was  administered  to  Trustee  W.  E.  Thompson, 
of  Drew  county,  by  Hon.  H.  C.  Caldwell,  of  the  United  States  Dis- 
trict Court. 

The  following  members  of  the  Board  of  Visitors  were  received  and 
welcomed  to  our  sittings,  and  cordially  invited  to  aid  us  in  our  deliber- 
ations : 

Hon.  H.  C.  Caldwell,  of  Little  Bockj  Dr.  E.  It.  DuVal,  of  Fort 
Smith.;  and  Kev.  Wm.  O.  Stout,  of  Lewisburg. 

Applications,  with  accompanying  letters  of  recommendation,  were 
received  to  fill  the  chairs  of  Applied  Chemistry,  Geology,  &c.-:  J.  S» 
Lee,  Ames,  Iowa;  F.  L.  Harvey,  Humboldt,  Iowa;  James  G.  Adams, 
Fayetteville,  Arkansas;  Reuben  D.  Itaislip,  Washington-Lee  Uni- 
versity. 

For  the  chair  of  Languages,  W.  A.  Parham,  Little  Rock. 

A petition  was  then  presented  by  A.  W.  Bishop,  setting  forth  that 
by  a misapprehension  he  had  failed  to  put  in  his  account  for  the  full 


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amount  due  him,  and  showing  that  the  Arkansas  Industrial  University 
Is  now  justly  indebted  to  him  for  arrears  in  salary,  for  services  ren- 
dered previous  to  the  present  scholastic  year,  in  the  sum  of  8488.89-. 
and  prays  the  Board  to  order  warrant  to  issue  on  Treasury  for  said 
amount ) which  petition  was,  on  motion,  referred  to  the  Committee  on 
Finance. 

On  motion,  the  Board  adjourned  to  meet  to-morrow  at  9 oclock  a.  m-. 

J.  M.  JOHNSON,  Chairman,  pro  fern. 

A.  W.  DINSMORE,  Secretary. 


Fayetteville,  Ark.,  June  17,  1875. 

The  Board  met  pursuant  to  adjournment. 

Present — Gregg,  Jones,  Lake,  Johnson,  Thompson,  and  Dinsmore. 

An  application  for  the  chair  of  Chemistry  by  Mr.  J.  F.  Simonds,  of 
Little  Rock,  was  presented  and  placed,  on  file. 

A report  was  presented  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Board,  showing 
the  progress  of  work  upon  the  new  University  building,  the  amount 
paid  on  the  contract,  an  l the  amount  necessary  to  complete  contract 
with  all  special  changes  ordered,  which  was  placed  on  file  for  future 
reference  and  consideration. 

The  Secretary  presented  his  current  last  account  for  the  past  scho- 
lastic year,  which  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Finance. 

Also,  his  farm  report,  reports  on  furniture  account,  stationery  ac- 
count, library  account,  apparatus  account,  chemical  account,  educa- 
tional account  and  building  account,  which  were  referred  to  the  Com- 
mittee on  Finance. 

A resolution  was  offered  by  Trustee  Gregg  to  invite  Hon.  W.  Wv 
Wilshire  to  deliver  an  address  in  the  University  Hall  on  Commence- 
ment Da}\  Adopted. 

On  motion,  the  Board  adjourned  till  to-morrow  morning  at  8 
o’clock. 

J.  M.  J OH  NS  ON,  President,  pro  tern. 

A.  W.  DINSMORE,  Secretary. 


Fayetteville,  Ark,  June  18,  1875. 
The  Board  met  pursuant  to  adjournment. 

Present — J.  M.  Johnson,  President  pro  Lein .,  Gregg,  Bishop,  Jones, 
Lake,  Thompson  and  Dinsmore. 


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The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  and  approved. 

The  Chairman  of  the  Building  Committee  asked  further  time  to 
report. 

Secretary  Dinsmore  presented  his  “ Miscellaneous  Account,”  marked 
Exhibit  J,  which  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Finance. 

Treasurer  Bishop  presented  his  report  of  “Building  Account,” 
which  was,  on  motion,  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Finance. 

President  Bishop  presented  the  Report  of  the  Faculty  of  the 
Arkansas  Industrial  University,  and,  on  motion,  so  much  of  said 
Report  as  refers  to  appropriations,  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on 
Finance. 

A resolution  was  offered  by  Trustee  Gregg  authorizing  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Board  to  issue  a warrant  to  W.  Z.  Mayes  & Co.  for  $1,000, 
as  part  pay  on  the  estimate  for  May  and  part  of  June,  which  was 
adopted. 

A resolution  was  offered  by  Trustee  Dinsmore  that  the  Board  pro- 
ceed at  the  earliest  practicable  date  to  employ  a Professor  of  Chemistry. 
Adopted. 

The  following  names  were  at  once  placed  in  nomination  : 

G.  S.  Lee,  Ames,  Iowa;  F.  L.  Harvey,  Humboldt,  Iowa;  James  D. 
Adams,  Fayetteville,  Arkansas;  R.  D.  Haislip,  Washington,  Arkansas; 
R.  A.  Parham,  Little  Rock,  Arkansas;  and  J.  F.  Simonds,  Little  Rock, 
Arkansas. 

On  the  third  ballot  F.  L.  Harvey  was  elected  to  fill  said  chair. 

The  following  was  then  offered  by  Trustee  Gregg: 

Resolved , That  the  Secretary  of  the  Board  be  instructed  to  advise 
Prof.  F.  L.  Harvey,  of  Humboldt,  Iowa,  that  he  has  been  selected  to 
fill  the  chair  of  Theoretical  and  Applied  Chemistry  in  the  Arkansas 
Industrial  University  for  the  term  of  one  year,  at  his  proposition  of 
$1,200  salary  for  the  first  year. 

Which  was  adopted. 

A paper  was  presented  through  the  Honorable  Board  of  Visitors, 
asking  a change  in  the  calendar  of  the  University,  the  adoption  of 
which  change  said  Board  reported  that  they  could  not  at  present  re- 
commend. 

On  motion,  said  paper  was  placed  on  file. 

The  Finance  Committee  was,  on  motion,  requested,  at  their  earliest 
convenience,  to  make  up  their  estimates  of  receipts  and  expenditures 
for  the  ensuing  year,  and  report. 

President  Bishop  then  tendered  his  resignation  of  the  Presidency 


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of  the  Arkansas  Industrial  University,  and  by  motion,  it  was  placed 
on  file. 

The  Finance  Committee  presented  the  following  report  : 

The  Finance  Committee,  to  whom  was  referred  the  He  port  of 
Treasurer  Bishop  on  the  Normal  School  Fund,  find  the  same  to  be* 
correct,  and  recommend  that  the  Fund  be  placed  in  the  hands  of  the 
State  Treasurer,  as  the  Financial  Agent  or  Custodian  of  the  Uni- 
versity funds. 

[Singned.]  A.  W.  DINSMORE,  Chairman. 

D.  E.  JONES, 

W.  E.  THOMPSON, 

Finance  Committee. 


A.  W.  BISHOP,  Treasurer, 

IN  ACCOUNT  WITH 

JhE  yVF(KAN£A£  JnDU£TF(IAL  ^NIVERglTY. 


NORMAL  SCHOOL  FUND. 


1875.  I)r. 

June  17,  To  Cash  on  hand,  drawing  interest  at  6 per  cent. 

per  annum  from  May  2,  1875 . $ 2,414  56 

“ 17,  To  State  Scrip  on  hand,  part  of  Normal  School 

Fund,  on  deposit  as  follows: 

With  D.  D.  Stark  & Co.,  Fayetteville, $13, 011  75 
Merchants’ Nat.  Bank,  Little  Rock,...  8,000  00 

— 21,011  75 


$23,426,31 


The  report  was,  on  motion,  adopted. 

The  Finance  Committee  then  submitted  the  following  report,  which 
was  concurred  in  by  the  Board  : 


The  Finance  Committee,  to  whom  was  referred  the  petition  of 
President  Bishop  for  four  hundred  and  eighty-eight  dollars  and  eighty- 
nine  cents  ($488.89),  as  balance  due  him  for  services  during  the 
vscholastic  year  of  1873-74,  beg  leave  to  report  that,  in  their  opinion, 
the  claim  is  correct  and  just,  and  recommend  that  it  be  paid. 

A.  W.  DINSMORE, 

D.  E.  JONES, 

W.  E.  THOMPSON, 

Finance  Committee. 

Which  was,  on  motion,  approved  and  adopted. 


The  Board  then  took  a recess  to  three  o’clock  p.  m. 


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AFTER  RECESS. 

Present — J.  M, Johnson,  President  -pro  tern.)  Bishop,  Gregg,  Lake* 
Jones,  i hompson  and  Dinsmore. 

The  following  resolution  win  then  offered  and  adopted: 

R.'solcrrl,  That  the  Secretary  be  authorized  to  employ  Mr.  J.  H. 
Beil  to  take  charge  of  the  University  building  and  property  until  the 
re-opening  of  the  Institution,  to  work  the  corn,  vegetables,  etc.,  at  a 
compensation  of  twenty-live  dollars  per  month. 

The  following  resol u ion  was  offered  by  Trustee  Bishop,  and  con- 
curred in  by  the  Board  : 

Resolver/,  That  students  hereafter  entering  the  Preparatory  De- 
partment be  required  1<>  ray  ten  dollars  and  those  entering  'he 
Classical  Department  fifteen  dollars  per  term. 

The  following  was  offered  and  adopted: 

B( soloed,  That  all  students  who  may  hereafter  enter  the  Collegiate 
Department  be  required  io  pay  a matriculation  fee  of  five  dollars. 

The  following  was  offered  by  Trustee  Bish6p,  and  concurred  in  : 

Resolved,  That  Mrs.  V.  L.  Gray  be  elected  as  teacher  in  Painting 
io  Oil. and  Water  Colors,  Crayon  and  Freehand  Drawing;  the  com- 
pensation to  be  regulated  by  her,  and  received  from  her  pupils. 

The  following  was  offered  by  Trustee  Thompson  and  concurred  in 
by  the  Board  : 

Resolver],  That  hereafter  the  number  of  free  Normal  students  shall 
be  in  the  same  proportion  as  Beuificiarics  are  now  received  from  the 
respe c.t  i v e counties. 

On  motion,  the  Board  adjourned  until  Monday  morning  at  nine 
o’clock. 

J.  M.  JOHNSON,  President,  pro  tern. 

A.  W.  DINSMORE,  Secretary. 


Fayetteville,'  Auk.,  June  21,  1875. 

The  Board  met  pursuant  to  adjournment. 

Present — J.  M.  Johnson,  President  pro  tern.',  Bishop,  Gregg,  Lake, 
Jones,  Thompson  and  Dinsmore. 

The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  and  approved.. 

Trustee  Gregg,  as  Chairman  of  the  Building  Committee,  submitted 
the  following  annual  report : 

Arkansas  Industrial  University.) 
Fayetteville,  June  21,  1875. 

To  the  President  cnid  Members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Arkansas  Indus- 
trial University. 

Your  Committee,  in  charge  of  the  building,  have  the  honor  to  report  that 


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the  main  building  has  progressed  as  well  as  we  anticipated  during  the  past  year, 
and  that  the  work  is. now  so  far  advanced  that  it  can  easily  he  completed  by  tii  • 
tirstof  September  next,  the  time  designated  by  the  contract. 

Your  Committee,  acting  under  instructions  given  at  the  last  annual  mec' ing- 
ot* the  Board,  in  reference  to  the  verbal  contract  made  by  the  old  Board  of  Trus- 
tees. or  their  Building  Committee,  for  extra,  thickness  of  glass,  stone,  and  brick 
work,  for  quoins,  and  for  pressed  brick,  endeavored  to  carry  the  same  out  yi  good 
faith,  and  at  the  price  our  predecessors  agreed  to  pay,  it  having  been  established 
by  pay-roll  evidence  at  the  last  annual  meeting  of  the  Board,  to-wit : tor  extra 
thickness  of  glass,  stone,  and  brick  work,  and  for  quoins  $(3,200,  and  for  pressed 
brick,  and  for  laying  the  same.  $800.  The  latter  item  gave  your  Committee  much 
trouble.  The  principal  contractor  would  not  assume  authority  to  settle  that  Ink. 
because,  as  he  alleged,  it  had  been  m ule  with  sub-contractors,  and  the  several 
sub-contractors  made  up  their  respective  bills,  amounting,  in  the  aggregate,  to 
about.  $1,000,  Your  Committee  persistently  refused  to  pay  any  amount  above 
the  $800,  and  that  only  on  full  receipts.  Alter  several  months  of  cavil  and  threats 
of  suits,  the  $800  was  accepted  and  lull  acquittance  given. 

Your  Committee  would  jefer  to  the  state  of  finance  pesented  to  the  Board  by 
our  Secretary,  showing  the  various  estimates  of  materials  furnished,  and  work 
done,  and  the  amounts  paid  thereon. 

Your  Commit  tee.  endeavored  to  adhere  strictly  to  the  resolutions  of  the  Board, 
requiring  all  original  bills  for  materials  purchased  to  be  presented  before  a 
monthly  estimate  could  be  approved,  or  payment  made;  which  uv  submit  will 
clearly  appear  by  reference  to  the  monthly  estimates  allowed  ; and  on  examination 
of  the  material  and  work  yet  to  be  furnished. 

By  the  special  contract  for  the  extra  work  above  designated,  the  principal 
contractor  was  to  cause  this  extra  material  and  work  to  be  put  in  the  building 
actual  cost,  and  without  any  profit  to  himself  In  consideration  of  this  proposi- 
tion, the  twenty  per  centum  was  not  to  be  r<  sural,  and  hence  ue  paid  $000 
on  the  contract  in  excess  of  the  eighty  per  centum. 

In  the  month  of  August,  1874,  the  contractor  proposed  to  reduce  his  estimate 
of  difference  between  stone,  and  iron  work  on  front  portico  from  $1,000  to  $500. 
Your  Committee,  deeming  it  very  essential  to  the  symmetry  and  general  appear- 
ance of  the  building  that  this  work  should  be  of  massive  stone,  according  to  the 
original  plans  of  the  designing  architect,  and  believing  that. columns,  balustrades, 
pilasters,  and  capitals  of  choice,  solid  stone  v oid  ; more  than  compensate  us  for 
the  difference  ($500)  to  be  saved  by  erecting  n on  work  instead  of  scone,  a sub- 
stitution agreed  upon  by  the  old  Board,  we  agreed,  therefore,  to  pay  the 
contractor  $500  extra,  to  furnish  such  stone  work  according  to  the  original 
plans. 

Your.  Committee,  upon  consideration  of  the  original  plans,  found  that  the 
peculiar  formation  and  design  of  the  wood  cornice  therein  designated,  could  not 
he  properly  executed  in  galvanized  iron,  which  the  old  Board  had  substituted, 
as  we  were  advised  to  reduce  the  cost  of  the  work.  In  consequence  of  financial 
embarrasments  and  the  want  of  labor  for  mechanics,  our  contractor  advised  us 
that  this  cornice,  in  the  style  of  architecture  presented,  would  ordinarily  cost 
much  more  in  wood  than  in  iron,  but  could  now  be  done  for  even  less.  While 
this  matter  was  under  consideration,  your  superintending  architect,  advised  us 
t that,  since  the  specifications  do  not  contemplate  upper  and  mansard  stories,  t!  e 
framing  for  floor  would  be  insufficient,  to  give  secure  bracing  for  the  support  of  so 
heavy  a roof,  and  that  unless  a floor  should  be  laid  on  the  upper  tier  of  joists  the 


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Avails  would  be  endangered  ; hence  he  advised  a heavy  deafening  floor  to  be  laid 
in  that  story,  at  an  estimated  cost  of  $500. 

In  answer  to  the  proposition  of  the  contractor  to  change  the  cornice  from 
iron  to  Avood,  we  replied,  that  if  he  Avoid d put  up  said  cornice  according  to 
origninal  specifications,  and  lay  the  aforesaid  floor  without  additional  compen- 
sation, he  might  do  so.  To  this  he  acceded,  and  the  work  nas  been  done. 

Your  Committee,  discovering  that  the  main  gutters  at  the  foot  of  the  mansard 
roof  had  been  changed  by  our  predecessors  from  copper  to  tin,  a change  by  us 
deemed  at  variance  >vith  the  best  interests  of  the  building,  and  as  this  guttering 
extended  up  to  and  under  the  mansard  roof,  we  deemed  it  essential  to  have  the 
most  durable  material,  and  we  effected  an  arrangement  with  the  contractor  to  put 
in  copper,  according  to  the  original  specifications;  this  Board  to  pay  the  differ- 
ence in  the  cost  of  materials.  From  the  original  bills  we  found  the  cost  of  copper 
to  exceed  that  of  tin  $631.00,  as  shown  by  estimates. 

Your  Committee  call  your  attention  to  the  fact,  that  by  the  original  contract, 
gas  pipe,  Avith  the  necessary  mains,  were  t > be  placed  in  each  story  of  the 
building  for  headlights,  and  a provision  for  all  desired  side  lights  and  fixtures, 
the  Board  should  pay  the  usual  cost  of  such  material  and  work.  With  the  advice 
of  our  Superintending  Architect  and  that  of  the  Faculty,  we  designated  the 
position  and  number  of  wall  and  side  lights  necessary.  The  contractor  agreed  to 
furnish  all  necessary  material,  and  put  in  such  extra  gas  pipe  at  22£  cents  per 
foot,  making  an  aggregate  of  $147.15.  Your  ( ommittee,  fearing  that  lead  pipe 
would  be  insufficient,  being  exposed  to  injury  about  the  wash-basins,  changed 
that  for  galvanized  iron,  which  cost  only  about  one-third  as  much  ; the  Board  to 
be  credited  with  the  difference. 

Your  Committee,  being  advised  by  the  Supervising  Architect  and  others,  in 
Avhose  judgement  we  had  confidence,  that  the  down  spouts  from  the  roof  of  the 
main  building  were  too  small  to  carry  off  the  water  in  violent  rain  storms,  di- 
rected the  contractor  to  increase  the  size  from  three  inches  to inches,  the 

Board  to  pay  the  difference  in  actual  cost. 

Your  Committee,  or  its  Chairman,  agreed  to  have  strips  put  around  the  walls  of 
the  four  cloak  rooms  ; to  extend  the  wainscoting  doAvn  the  main  stairway  from 
the  first  floor;  to  lay  paving  stone  at  the  foot  of  the  stairways  ; to  have  a superior 
coat  of  plaster  or  cement  put  on  the  Avails  for  blackboard.  For  this,  and  other 
extra  work  last  named,  Ave  expect  the  Board  to  pay  whatever  is  just  whenever 
the  same  is  ascertained,  no  estimates  as  yet  having  been  made.  It  being  neces- 
sary to  the  early  completion  of  certain  work,  these  small  items  Avere  allowed  to 
go  in  under  that  clause  in  the  contract,  authorizing  the  cost  of  extras  to  be  fixed 
by  the  Building  Committee  and  the  Superintendent. 

Generally  throughout  the  building,  under  our  Architect,  Ave  found  the  con- 
tractor putting  in  a great  number  of  iron  anchors,  thus  giving  the  walls  great 
strength.  In  one  instance,  however,  the  Architect  advised  the  addition  of  a 
strong  anchor  of  bar  iron  from  the  main  walls  entirely  around  both  towers  in  the 
first  story,  above  the  heavy  belting  course,  which  was  accordingly  added,  at  a 
cost  or  $20.00,  as  shown.  The  anchorage  avus  most  likely  sufficient  without  this, 
in  fact,  the  perfection  now  appearing  in  the  work  convinces  us  that  it  was,  yet 
Ave  felt  that  no  one  should  have  reason  to  doubt  the  stability  of  the  structure, 
hence  the  small  expenditure. 

After  the  adjournment  of  our  last  annual  meeting  some  bills  for  material 
furnished  and  work  previously  done  upon  other  buildings,  and  upon  contracts 
with  the  old  Board  of  Trustees,  Avere  presented  to  your  Committee.  The  largest 


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of  these  bills  was  $489.89,  for  an  armory,  so  erected  anil  not  paid  for  until  Novem- 
ber last.  We  also  ordered  paid  some  small  sums  for  improvement  of  grounds, 
etc.  These,  however,  all  appear  fully  in  the  reports  of  the  Secretary  and 
Treasurer. 

Before  the  discharge  of  the  Superintending  A? chitect,  McKay,  and  while  he 
was  under  the  control  of  the  old  Board,  changes  were  made  from  the  plans  and 
specifications  that  did  not  meet  the  approbation  of  your  Committee,  and  in  so 
far  as  the  progress  of  the  work  did*  not  prevent,  your  Committee  directed  our 
Superintendent  to  require  the  contractor  to  comply  with  the  stipulation  in  his 
agreement,  and  to  disregard  orders  given  him  by  said  McKay,  in  several  par- 
ticulars, however,  the  work  had  so  far  progressed  that  it  could  not  be  changed 
without  a loss  of  many  thousand  dollars. 

The  iron  columns  were  cast  with  ample  strength,  but  one-fourth  of  an  inch 
thinner  than  contracted  for,  the  difference  in  the  value  of  which,  estimated  at 
$160.00,  the  contractor  agreed  to  pay,  or  credit  to  the  Board. 

The  wooden  columns  in  the  mansard  story  were  to  have  been  of  turned  oak, 
but,  as  alleged,  for  want  of  suitable  timber,  and  in  order  to  make  a better  finish, 
the  Superintendent  allowed  square,  rough  columns  of  yellow  pine  to  be  put  in, 
without  the  knowledge  of  your  Committee.  The  contractor  readily  offered  to 
pay  the  difference  in  cost,  as  he  stated  those  used  were  less  expensive  than  those 
contracted  for,  but  the  difference  has  not  yet  been  ascertained. 

Under  the  direction  of  McKay,  some  of  the  basement  joists  were  not  placed 
as  near  each  other  .as  required  in  the  contract,  and  by  our  permission,  and  that  ot 
our  Superintendent,  the  corridor  joists  were  reduced  in  thickness,  being  still 
abundantly  strong,  of  yellow  pine,  two  inches  thick.  For  this  gain  the  con- 
tractor was  to  account,  but  he  put  in  a large  amount  of  bridging  extra,  some 
extra  joists  in  such  parts  of  the  basemen  is  as  were  not  ready  when  cur  present 
Superintendent  came  into  office  ; also  extra  joists  under  the  water  tanks,  amount- 
ing, in  the  aggregate,  to  a small  sum  over  the  deduction  made. 

Another  change  made  under  the  orders  of  Superintendent  McKay  was  a 
reduction  of  about  four  inches  in  the  width  of  a large  proportion  of  the  windows, 
and  a reduction  in  height  of  many  of  them,  making  quite  a difference  in  favor 
of  the  sub-con  tractor.  It  is  claimed  that  this  change  was  assented  to  by  the 
Building  Committee  of  the  old  Board,  and  while  the  proof  is  not  perfectly  con- 
clusive, we  believe  such  to  have  been  the  understanding,  and  as  the  basement 
windows  were  all  in,  we  could  but  carry  out'this  modified  plan.  We  now  submit 
to  the  Board  whether  or  not  we  shall  attempt  to  make  the  principal  character 
liable  in  damages  for  this  change. 

Under  the  same  direction,  eight  inch  instead  of  fifteen  inch  drain  pipes  were 
put  in  (about  three  hundred  feet),  for  which  the  contractor  offers  to  allow  $105.00 
against  himself,  which  has  not  yet  been  agreed  to  by  your  Committee,  and  hence 
submitted  to  you. 

We  have  thought  best  not  to  place  the  water  closets  in  the  building,  but 
the  deduction  to  be  made  by  reason  of  leaving  them  out  has  not  been  agreed  upon , 
but  is  referred  to  you  for  consideration  and  direction. 

While  there  was  a very  large  force  at  work  on  the  building  up  to  the  month 

of , and  the  duties  of  the  Superintendent  were  onerous,  we  continued 

him  at  the  rate  of  $150.00  per  month.  Since  that  time  the  labor  has  not  been  so 
great,  and  we  have  paid  him  $100.00  per  month.  lie  lost  some  time  by  sickness, 
for  which  deduction  was  made,  as  will  appear  by  exhibit  of  Secretary’s  book. 

4* 


ARKANSAS  USDCTSTR TAL  UNIVERSITY. 


08 


The  contractor  caused  the  iron  girders  to  support  one  side  of  the  upper  part 

of  the  foyers  to  he  east  fourteen  feet  and inches,  according  to  the  plans: 

the  Board  furnished'  through  the  original  Architect,  which  was  three  feet. 

inches  short  of  what  was  required  to-  span  the  perpendicular  walls,  and  they 
were  ordered  recast  and  a powerful  tension  rod  attached  to  give  them  the  requi- 
site length,  and  to  mate  the  strength  beyond'  all  question.  The  expense  of 
recasting  ($54.00)  was  paid  by  your  Committee. 

Tour  Committee  have  to  report  that  all  their  drafts- for  estimates  on  materials 
work,  tfcc.,  as  shown  by  the  finance  statement  herein  referred  to,  lktve  been  met 
by  our  Treasurer  to  this  da  te. 

The  estimate  for  May  has  now  been  made,  and  the  sum  of  $3, 167.84  is  now 
due  the  contractor.  The  Treasurer’s  report  shows  only  $1,355.84  due  the  build- 
ing fund  with  which  to  meet  this  estimate. 

We  are  advised  by  the  State  Treasurer  that  there  are 

Nine  IT.  S.  bonds,  costing. , $ 11,020. 52* 

U.  S.  currency... . "983.20 

A mount  belonging  to  A.  I.  TJ. .. $ 12,009.72 

with  accrued  interest,  which  he  states  were  deposited  by  his  predecessor  in  office 
with  Stoddard  Bro’s,  and  for  which  he  feels  in  no  vyay  responsible.  As  is  well 
known,  this  firm  has  failed,  and  no  part  of  said  funds  are  available.  In  conse- 
quence of  our  inability  to  avail  ourselves  of  these  funds,  we  shall  be  unable  to 
meet  the  monthly  estimates  as  they  fall  due. 

The  contractor  informs  us  that  the  whole  of  the  work,  and  the  materials 
necessa.iv  f r the  completion  of  the  contract,  have  been  w sub-let/7  To  suspend 
the  work  now  will  greatly  damage  the  contractor,  and  if  the  Board  of  Trustees 
fail  to  pay  the  estimates,  as  they  fall  due,  he  can  not  complete  his  contract.  If, 
however,  arrangements  can  be  made  to  meet  the  eighty  per  cent,  on  these 
estimates,  he  will  consumate  the  work  before  the  time  specified  in  the  contract. 
It  will  require  about  $4,800.00  to  enable  us  to  pay  the  balance  of  the  eighty  per 
cent,  on  contract.  Superintending  Architect,  and  some  few  incidentals. 

All  of  which  is  most  respectfully  submitted  by  your  Committee. 

L.  GREGG,  Chairman; 

A.  AT  DINSMORE, 

M.  F.  LAKE, 

Building  Committee. 

The  above  report  was  subsequently  referred  to  a select  committee, 
which  subsequently  submitted  the  following  report  thereon  : 

Your  Committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  report  of  the  Building  Com- 
mittee. beg  leave  to  report  that  they  have  carefully  examined  said  report, 
and  find  it  satisfactory.  We  believe  they  have  diligently  and  faithfully 
carried  out  the  orders  of  the  Board,  and  worked  in  all  things  lor  the  best 
interests  of  the  University,  and  deserve  the  thanks  of  the  Board.  In  the  mat- 
ters especially  requiring  our  examination,  we  state  that  in  evei  y settlement 
for  extra  work,  we  believe  they  have  had  in  view  a just  regard  for  the  rights 
of  the  contractors  as  well  as  of  the  University.  The  changes  made  from  the 
original  contract  we  regard  as  proper,  and  the  extra  expenditure  well  made. 

We  regret  that  the  condition  of  our  finances  would  not  justify  their  making 
still  gerater  additions.  Tn  regard  to  the  items  for  extra  work  unsettled,  we 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


o& 


Qnust  leave  t'liena  to  the  superior  wisdom  and  experience  of  the  Building  Com- 
mittee and  Superintending  Architect,  on  the  one  part,  and  the  well  estab- 
lished generosity  of  the  contractor  on  the  other-  Should  the  Committee 
tin  cl  themselves  unable  to  agree  with  the  contractor,  it  might.be  well  to  sub- 
mit such  questions  to  the  examination  and  ai bit-ration  of  disinterested  parties. 
This,  of  course,  would  apply  only  i©  matters  of  difference  which  arise  under 
it  he  old  Board  of  Trustees. 

In  regard  to  the  sum  due  the  contractor  on  the  monthly  estimates,  your 
-Committee  are  -of  the  opinion  that  the  securities -of  the  late  State  Treasurer 
will  m ah e every  effort  to  pay  us  the  amount  necessary  to  meet  this  liability. 
We  recommend  that  the  Secretary  write  to  the  Governor,  representing  our 
condition,  and  urge  upon  him  the  importance  of  securing  at  thi>  >um, 
Respectfully  -submitted, 

I>.  E.  JONES. 

A.  W.  BISHOP. 

W.  E.  THOMPSON, 
Committee. 

Which  Report  was  adopted  by  the  Board. 

Treasurer  Bishop  presented  his  report  on  Current  Expense  Fund, 
which  was  referred  to  the  Finance  Committee.  . 

A letter  was  received  from  E,  B.  & W.  B.  Moore,  making  a propo- 
sition to  print  the  Third  Annual  Report  of  the  Arkansas  Industrial 
University,  to  do  the  work  as  well  and  on  as  favorable  terms,  and  for 
the  same  kind  of  compensation  as  paid  last  year,  and  look  to  the  State 
for  their  pay. 

On  motion,  it  was  ordered  that  the  Secretary  be  authorized  to  con- 
tract with  said  parties  upon  such  terms  as  might  be  agreed  upon  be" 
tween  them  and  the  Auditor  of  State, 

Secretary  Dinsmore  presented  his  report  on  the  Following  accounts: 
Labor  Account,  Account  with  State  Treasurer,  Abstract  of  all  Ac- 
counts, which  were  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Finance, 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted,  to-wit: 

That  we  proceed  to  elect  a Secretary  and  Treasurer, 

Prof.  James  Mitchell  was  put  in  nomination  for  Secretary  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Arkansas  Industrial  University,  and  was 
unanimously  elected. 

Mr.  Denton  D.  Stark  was  nominated  and  duly  elected  Treasurer 
of  the  Board, 

Treasurer  Bishop  presented  his  account  for  services  as  Treasurer 
for  the  sum  of  $200,  State  warrants,  which  was  allowed  and  ordered 
to  be  paid. 

An  account  was  presented  by  W.  D.  C.  Botefuhr  for  the  sum  ot 
§2.40,  currency,  for  repairs  upon  piano,  which  was  allowed  and  or- 
dered to  be  paid. 


GO  ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


The  following  was  offered  by  Trustee  Bishop,  and  concurred  in  : 

R -.solved , That  the  Collegiate  and  Preparatory  Departments  of  the 
University  be  operated  entirely  separate  and  apart  from  each  other, 
except  so  tar  as  may  be  necessary  to  call  all  the  students  statedly  to- 
gether for  devotional  and  other  public  exercises  of  the  University; 
and  that  the  usual  ©ollege  discipline  of  the  country  be  observed 
throughout  the  Collegiate  Departments. 

Resolved  That  the  Normal  Department  be  conducted  in  such  a 
manner  as  in  the  judgment  of  the  President  of  the  University  will 
best  secure  its  efficiency. 

Resolved,  That  a copy  of  these  resolutions  be  transmitted  to  the 
President  of  the  University,  with  instructions  to  carry  them  into 
effect. 

Trustee  Jones,  Chairman  of  Committee  on  Branch  Normal  Col- 
lege, submitted  their  report : 

Your  Committee,  to  whom  was  referred  the  matter  of  establishing  a 
Branch  Xormal  College  at  some  point  east  and  south  of  Little  Bock,  in  com- 
pliance with  an  act  of  the  Legislature  of  1873,  appropriating  $25,000  in  State 
scrip,  beg  leave  to  report:  That,  owing  to  the  unsettled  condition  of  our  State 
until  quite  a recent  date,  and  the  continued  depreciation  of  State  scrip,  we  have 
taken  no  steps  to  establish  such  College.  We  are  of  opionion,  however,  that  it 
is  now  time  that  the  attempt  should  be  made  to  carry  out  the  wishes  of  the  Leg- 
islature, and  recommend  that  a committee  be  appointed  to  take  the  necessary 
s‘eps  to  establish  a Branch  Normal  School,  and  that  the  location  be  temporarily 
at  Pine  Bluff,  .Jefferson  county;  and  that  the  funds  of  the  Branch  Normal  De- 
partment be  held  subject  to  the  orders  of  the  Chairman  of  said  Committee  for 
this  purpose,  that  vouchers  be  kept  for  all  moneys  expended,  and  a report  made 
to  'he  Board  of  Trustees  of  all  matters  pertaining  to  said  Normal  Branch,  at 
the  next  annual  meeting,  or  oftener,  if  the  Board  should  meet. 

[Signed,]  D.  E.  JONES, 

J.  M.  JOHNSON, 

W.  E.  THOMPSON, 
Committee. 

Said  report  was  adopted. 

The  following  was  submitted  and  adopted  : 

Resolved.,  That  a committee,  with  the  President  of  this  Board  as 
Chairman,  be  appointed  for  the  purpose  of  organizing  and  conducting 
a Branch  Normal  College. 

Committee  : Gov.  A.  H.  Garland,  D.  E.  Jones  and  W.  E.  Thomp- 


son. 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


01 


The  Finance  •Committee  reported  on  the  following  account  : 


A.  W,  BISHOP,  Treasurer, 

i 

Of  ACCOUNT  WITE?. 

^HE  ^KAN£A£  jpDU^lAL  IJn]  VERITY. 


BUILDING  FUND. 


1874.  Dr. 

July  1 To  balance  on  hand  from  last  report, .w..$  2,631  13 
7 ■“  Cash  from  M.  A.  'Cohn,  part  of  sum  placed  in 

his  hands  for  disbursement  in  the  year  1872,  53  50 


u 7 u Cash  from  State  Treasurer,. 10,000  00 

Aug.  8 u Cash  from  Secretary  Board  of  Trustees, 4,990  00 


« 8 

-C-i 

do 

do 

do 

4,990  00 

Sept.  2 

u 

do 

do 

do 



6,960  00 
11,659  40 

Oct.  13 

a 

do 

do 

do 

t 

“ 13 

u 

do 

do 

do 

> * . . , . , . ..t 

5,000  00 

“ 31 

u 

do 

do 

do 

V.V.V*  . . ... 

5,500  00 

Nov,  3 

u 

do 

do 

do 

1,140  15 

Dec.  2 

u 

do 

do 

do 

, 

9,000  00 
1,379  92 

« 12 

u 

do 

do 

do 

, 

1875 
Jan.  4 

u 

do 

do 

do 

6,000  00 

“ 8 

u 

do 

do 

do 

795  68 

Feb.  4 

u 

do 

do 

do 

v v - 

572  50 

n 27 

u 

do 

do 

do 



2,000  ^ 00 

March  3 

u 

do 

do 

do 

^ . §v#., ..... 

1,000  00 

“ 5 

u 

do 

do 

do 



1,000  00 

“ 19 

u 

do 

do 

do 



1,000  00 

April  17 

a 

do 

do 

do 

2,000  00 

“ 19 

u 

do 

do 

do 

..  . . . . . 

1,200  00 

u 22 

u 

do 

do 

do 

1,000  00 

^ 24 

u 

do 

do 

do 

v v 

1,000  00 

May  3 

a 

do 

do 

do 

........... 

901  65 

$81,773  93 


62 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


IN  ACCOUNT  WITH 


HE  )A.F(KAN£A£  JNDU£TF(IAL  ^NIVER^ITY. 


BUILDING  FUND. 


1874.  Cr. 


July  16, 
Aug.  10. 

By  Cash  Sec 

N Touch.  No. 

16,  to  Oliver  & Mayes...$ 

8,850 

74 

do 

do 

do 

17,  to  Oliver  & Mayes... 

8,740 

17 

“ 10. 

do 

do 

„ do 

18,  to  A.  Hendry 

18,  to  L.  Gregg 

150 

00 

^ 11. 

do 

do 

do 

3 

70 

Sept.  12. 

do 

do 

do 

42,  to  W.Z.  Mayes, 

10,823 

54 

u 23. 

do 

do 

do 

43,  to  A.  Hendry 

150 

00 

Oct.  12. 

do 

do 

do 

47,  to  A.  Hendry 

110 

00 

12. 

do 

do 

do 

to  Oliver  & Mayes... 

11,841 

11,869 

54 

Nov.  7. 

do 

do 

do 

56,  to  VV  Z.  Mayes  & Co. 

57,  to  Oliver  & Mayes.  . 

01 

u 7. 

do 

do 

do 

4 SO 

89 

“ 7. 

do 

do 

do 

74,  to  A.  Hendry 

150 

00 

Dee.  12. 
1875. 

do 

do 

do 

76,  to  W.  Z.  Mayes  & Co. 

9,126 

54 

Jan.  6. 

do 

do 

do 

106,  to  W.  Z.  Mayes  & Co. 

6,662 

62 

“ 7. 

do 

do 

do 

116,  to  A.  Hendry 

175 

00 

Feb.  6. 

do 

do 

do 

128,  to  A.  Hendry 

100 

00 

“ 18. 

do 

do 

do 

127,  to  W.  Z.  Mayes  & Co. 
141,  to  VY.  Z.  Mayes  & Co. 

3,086 

1,868 

43 

Mar.  8. 

do 

do 

do 

23 

“ 10. 

do 

do 

do 

142,  to  A Hendry 

100 

00 

“ 10. 

do 

do 

do 

154,  to  W.  Z.  Mayes  & Co. 

150 

00 

“ 10. 

do 

do 

do 

155,  to  W.  Z.  Mayes  & Co. 

604 

00 

Apr.  20. 

do 

do 

do 

160,  to  \V.  Z.  Mayes  & Co. 

2,690 

33 

J 20. 

do 

do 

do 

161,  to  A.  Hendry, 

50 

00 

Mav  4. 

do 

do 

do 

197,  to  W.  Z.  M-tyes  & Co. 

1,945 

63 

“ “ 4. 

do 

do 

do 

198,  to  A.  Hendry 

90 

00 

« 5. 

do 

jdo 

do 

199,  to  W.  Z.  Mayes  & Co. 

600 

00 

$80,418  37 


Balance  to  credit  of  University  June  17,  1875 $1,355  56 

REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE. 


We  have  examined  the  above  Treasurer’s  report,  and  find  the  same  to  he 


correct. 

[Signed,] 


A.  W.  DINSMORE. 

D.  E.  JONEN 
W.  E.  THOMPSON, 

Committee. 


Adopted. 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


63 


The  Committee  on  Finance  submitted  the  following  report  on  the 
Secretary’s  report  of  State  Scrip  now  in  the  hands  of  the  State  Treas- 
urer, Current  Expense  Fund. 

We  have  examined  the  Secretary’s  report,  and  find  the  same  correct. 

P.  E.  JONES, 

VV.  E.  THOMPSON. 

Committee. 


STATE  SCRIP  ACCOUNT. 

CURRENT  APPROPRIATION. 


1874.  Dr. 

Julv  6.  To  State  Scrip  on  hand,  part  of  current  appropri- 


1874.  Cr. 

July  7.  By  warrant  No.  1,  L.  Gregg, $ 20  00 

“ 7.  " do  do  3,  M.  F.  Lake, 20  00 

“ 7.  do  do  4,  A.  W.  Bishop 17  50 

“ 7.  do  do  5,  A.  W.  Dinsmore 27  50 

u 7.  do  do  6,  D.  E.  Jones, 35  00 

“ 7.  do  do  2,  J.  M.  Johnson 60  00 

Nov.  14.  do  do  7,  J.  Holcomb 4 00 

1875. 

Mar.  18.  Cash,  $440  70,  carried  to  account,  pro- 
ceeds of. 1,384  55 

Apr.  7.  By  warrant  No.  9,  A.  W.  Dinsmore 107  50 

“ 10.  do  do  8,  M.  F.  Lake, 57  50 

“ 10.  Cash  $2,862  85,  current  expense  ac- 
count, proceeds  of  $9,235  00 9,235  00 

June  15.  Current  expense  account,  proceeds  of, 

$19  62 39  25 

•SOLD  .-\T  DIFFERENT  TIMES  : 

“ 15.  By  warrant  No.  10,  D.  I).  Stark  & Co....  150  00 

“ 15.  do  do  A.  W.  Bishop, 200  00 

$11,357  80 


REPORT  OF  COMM LT TEE. 

We  have  examined  the  above  account,  and  find  the  same  correct. 
[Signed,]  A.  W.  DINSMORE, 

D.  E.  JONES, 

W.  E.  THOMPSON, 
Finance  Committee. 


Adopted. 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


The  Committee  on  Finance  presented  the  following  Report  oin 
Treasurer’s  Current  Expense  Account  with  the  Arkansas  Industrial 
tJniversity  r 


We  hare  examined  the  fallowing  Report,,  and  land  tlie  same  to  Be  ©orreet  z 
[Signed,].  x A.  W„  DENS  MORE, 

D.  E.  JONES, 

W..  E.  THOMPSON, 
Finance  Committee 

Which,-  on  motion  was  adopted’  by  the  Board, 


A,.  W.  BISHOP,  Treasu'r, 

5N  ACOOUX'ir  WITH 

^HE  ^KAjNEA?  |j^DUETRIAL  ‘I/piVE^HY. 


CURRENT  EXPENSE  ACCOUNT. 


1874. 
July  0L 
Aug.  10. 


Sept.  10. 


18. 


To  cash  on  hand  from  last  report. 971  01 

* do  from  Sec.  Board  Trustees,,  part  payment 

of  interest  due  on  Bonds  of  town  of  Fay- 
etteville,. July  1st,  1874.., 500  00 

w do  from  Secretary — tuition  and  matricula- 
tion fees  — 669  09 

“ do  from  sale  of  farm  products 25  35 

* do  Tuition  and  Matriculation  fees 105  59 


a 

30, 

u do  collected  on  tuition  and  matriculation  fees 

due 

on  year 

ending.  July  3,  1874.. 

449 

95 

Oct. 

2, 

Cash  from  Dep.  Sec 

.tuition  and  matriculation  fees 

99 

35 

u 

24, 

do 

do 

do  do 

do 

61 

85 

Nov. 

. 7. 

do 

do 

do  do 

do 

15 

09 

a 

10, 

do 

do 

do  do 

do 

20 

09 

u 

23. 

do 

do 

proceeds  of  farm 

5 

64 

u 

23. 

do 

do 

do  ...... 

45 

09 

tt 

23. 

do 

do 

tuition  and  matriculation  lees 

15 

09 

Bee. 

3. 

do 

do 

proceeds  of  farm..... 

16 

50 

u 

3. 

do 

do 

tuition  and  matriculation  fees 

39 

09 

u 

14, 

do 

do 

do  do 

do 

175 

00 

t 

16, 

do 

do 

do  do 

do 

221 

65 

1875. 

Jan, 

6, 

Cash  from  Bep.  Sec.  tuition  & matrie.  fees  for  ’74 

37 

15 

u 

7. 

do 

do 

do  do' 

do 

40 

50 

u 

7. 

do 

do 

do  do 

do 

19 

90 

Feb. 

3. 

do 

do 

do  do 

do 

52 

70 

U 

10. 

do 

do 

do  do 

do 

23 

50 

ii 

22. 

do 

do 

do  do 

do 

15 

50 

ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


Go 


1875.  Dr. 

Mai*.  18.  Cash  from  sale  of  $1,384  50,  State  scrip,  part  of 
appropriation  for  current  expense  for 

year  ending  June  5,  1874 $ 44^  70 

44  25.  Cash  from  Dep.  Sec.,  tuition  and  matric.  fees...  245  00 

u 25.  do  do  do  do  ...  20  00 

April  5.  do  do  do  do  ...  103  50 

*•  8.  do  do  do  do  ...  26  50 

9.  do  do  do  do  ...  15  00 

“ 10  Cash  from  sale  of  $9,235  State  scrip,  part  of  ap- 

propriation for  current  expense  fund, 

June  30,  1874 2,862  85 

u 22.  Cash  from 'Dep.  Sec.,  tuition  and  matric  fees...  58  00 

“ 29.  do  do  do  do  ...  23  00 

“ 31.  do  do  do  do  ...  50  32 

June  9.  To  proceeds  of  sale  of  State  scrip.  $11,000,  part 

of  appropriation  for  current  expense  fund  4,354  16 
“ 15.  To  cash  proceeds  of  sale  of  $39  25  State  scrip, 

at  different  times  during  the  year 19  62 

u 15.  To  cash,  interest  on  Washington  county  bonds..  6,000  00 

“ 15.  To  cash,  interest  on  Fayetteville  bonds.... 1,200  00 

<*  21.  To  cash,  interest  on  Fayetteville  bonds 500  00 


$19,714  70 

A.  W.  BISHOP,  Treasurer, 

IN  ACCOUNT  WITH 

■J” HE  ^.F(KAN£A£  JNDU£TF(IAL  ^NIVER^ITY, 

CURRENT  EXPENSE  ACCOUNT. 


1874.  No.  Cb. 


July 

7. 

1 

By  Sec’ys  warrant,  order  J.  M.  Johnson $ 

60 

00 

u 

7. 

2 

do 

do 

M.  F.  Lake 

10 

25 

u 

7. 

3 

do 

do 

A.  W.  Bishop 

7 00 

u 

7. 

4 

do 

do 

M.  A.  Cohn , 

189 

00 

u 

7. 

5 

do 

do 

A.  W.  Bishop 

5 

55 

a 

7. 

6 

do 

do 

A.  W.  Dinsmore...^. 

27 

00 

u 

7. 

7 

do 

do 

D.  E.  Jones 

41 

50 

u 

7. 

8 

do 

do 

W.  D.  C.  Botefuhr.. 

50 

00 

u 

7. 

9 

do 

do 

W.  J.  Waggener.... 

2 

25 

u 

9. 

10 

do 

do 

W.  H.  Gillam 

20 

00 

u 

14. 

11 

do 

do 

W.  D.  C.  Botefuhr.. 

106 

66 

u 

14. 

12 

do 

do 

Botefuhr  & Springer 

10 

00 

<* 

14. 

13 

do 

do 

W.  Lebran 

199 

90 

u 

14. 

14 

do 

do 

W.  D.  Wright 

2 

60 

it 

14. 

15 

do 

do 

E.B.&  W.B.  Moore 

16 

00 

5 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


66 


18' 

1 4 

No. 

Cr, 

Aug. 

12. 

20  By  S-ecy’s  Warrant. 

ord’ei 

~A.  W.  Bishop „...$ 

1 

00> 

tt 

12, 

21 

.do 

do 

J.  IT.  Bell 

25 

06 

tt 

12, 

24 

do 

do 

A.  W.  Dinsmore 

9 

36 

u 

12, 

26 

do 

do 

J e m i ga  n & B o t efu  h r 

58 

95 

u 

ia. 

2a 

do 

do- 

E. C.  Absalom'. — . 

34 

06 

tt 

14. 

22 

do 

do 

Beed  & Ferguson... 

37 

44 

tt 

14. 

25 

do 

do 

Madison  Babcock... 

93 

96 

Sep. 

8. 

27 

do 

do 

A,  W.  Bishop... 

19 

05 

u 

8.. 

28^ 

do 

do 

A.  W.  Bishop 

2 

25 

tt 

10. 

3>5 

do 

do 

E.  B.  & W.  B.  Moore 

42 

66 

a 

10. 

36 

do 

do 

A.  W.  Dinsmore 

15 

59 

u 

10. 

33; 

do 

do 

C.  M.  Oliver 

3 

50 

u 

10. 

37 

. do 

do 

A.  W.  Bishop 

5 

71 

Sep. 

TO. 

40  By  i 

Peer’s  warrant. 

order 

' A . W.  Bishop... 

137 

76 

tt 

10. 

41 

do 

do 

J.  B.  Bai  n water. . 

4 

72 

u 

10. 

44 

do 

do 

A.  W.  Bishop... 

26 

56 

it 

10. 

30 

do 

do 

A.  S.  Gregg..., 

90 

06 

tt 

11. 

20 

do 

do 

Jernigan  ABotefuhr 

7 

50 

u 

11. 

34 

do 

do 

Jernigan  & Boteftrhr 

10 

30 

it 

11. 

31 

d o 

do 

J.  H.  Bell 

30 

06 

a 

11. 

45 

do 

do 

E.  C.  Absalom 

8 

06 

a 

11. 

30 

do 

do 

().  O.  Gray • 

13 

25 

a 

12. 

38 

do 

do 

O.  C.  Gray 

82 

06 

tt 

17. 

32 

do 

do 

Baum  Bros.... 

4 

00 

Nov, 

5. 

51 

do 

do 

C,  II.  Leverett 

100 

00 

tt 

6. 

67 

do 

do 

A,  W.  Bishop 

10 

51 

tt 

0. 

68= 

do 

do 

E.  C.  Absalom 

8 

15 

it 

0. 

60 

do 

do 

J.  H.  Bell  

18 

03 

a 

6. 

70 

do 

do 

E.  S.  Shook 

10 

00 

a 

6. 

71 

do 

do 

A.  W.  Bishop 

47 

40 

« 

6. 

72 

do 

do 

E.  C.  Barnett. 

4 

00 

tt 

6. 

73 

do 

do 

H.  G.  Coors . 

12 

00 

tt 

7. 

48 

do 

do 

N.  P.  Gates  

200 

00 

tt 

7. 

52 

do 

do 

James  Mitchell 

150 

00 

tt 

7. 

49 

do 

do 

O C Gray 

200 

00 

a 

7. 

60 

do 

do 

M.  Coffey 

7 

60. 

tt 

7. 

63 

do 

do 

J.  B.  Bain  water 

4 

12 

it 

7. 

54 

do 

do 

W.  D.  C.  Botefubr. 

75 

00 

tt 

10. 

64 

do 

do 

E C.  Absalom...... 

21 

25 

tt 

10. 

66 

do 

do 

E.  S.  Shook. ....... A. 

7 

97 

tt 

11. 

55 

do 

do 

Jernigan  & Botefuhr 

57 

25 

' tt 

12. 

58 

do 

do 

T L Thompson. A.. 

30 

37 

tt 

12. 

50 

do 

do 

T . L Thompson.. , 

75 

00 

tt 

12. 

61 

do  . 

do 

Wm.  Askew 

8 

70 

It 

12. 

62 

do 

do 

John  Bell 

11 

18 

tt 

14. 

65 

do 

do 

Eldridge  & Bro 

3 

13 

tt 

21. 

59 

do 

do 

Miller  & Allen 

8 

40 

Dec: 

4. 

88 

do 

do 

C.  A.  Pape.... 

8 

00 

tt 

4. 

90 

do 

do 

E.  S.  Shook.. 

5 

00 

*6 

4. 

91 

do 

do 

11.  G.  Coors 

6 

00 

tt 

4. 

92 

do 

do 

T.  L.  Thompson . . 

25 

74 

ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY.  67 

1874.  Ko.  Or. 

Dec*.  5,  75  11  y Secy’s  warrant  order  I).  Appleton — $ 1 IS 


• .4 

5.  77 

do 

do 

4 . 

5.  83 

4© 

do 

U 

5.  89 

do 

do 

5.  79 

do). 

do 

•U 

5.  84 

do 

•do 

do 

•ii 

5.  93 

■do 

•a 

5.  86 

do 

do 

•Ci 

7.  87 

do 

do 

a 

7.  85 

do 

do 

■ik 

8.  81 

do 

do 

■a 

11.  80 

do 

do 

u 

12.  53 

do 

do 

Dec. 

12.  94 

-do 

do 

•• 

17.  82 

do 

do 

1875. 

Jan. 

6.  97 

do 

do 

X. 

6.  95 

do 

do 

u 

6.  101 

do 

do 

u 

6.  K3 

do 

do 

XX 

7.  118 

do 

do 

XX 

7.  123 

do 

do 

XX 

7.  125 

do 

do 

xx 

7.  99 

do 

do 

XX 

7.  100 

do 

do 

XX 

7.  122 

do 

do 

XX 

7.  98 

do 

do 

XX 

7.  124 

do 

do 

u 

7.  119 

do 

do 

XX 

7.  117 

do 

do 

XX 

8.  104 

do 

do 

XI 

8.  107 

do 

do 

XX 

8.  110 

do 

do 

9.  120 

do 

do 

XX 

9.  105 

do 

do 

XX 

9.  114 

do 

do 

XX 

9.  102 

do 

do 

XX 

9.  120 

do 

do 

XI 

12.  Ill 

do 

do 

XX 

12.  108 

do 

do 

xi 

12.  121 

do 

do 

xi 

16.  115 

do 

do 

X. 

20.  113 

do 

do 

Feb. 

. 5.  133 

do 

do 

•* 

' 5.  134 

do 

do 

4» 

5.  135 

do 

do 

44 

5.  136 

d<o 

do 

<u. 

5.  137 

do 

do 

— iri 

6.  138 

do 

do 

IL 

6.  131 

do 

do 

U. 

8.  129 

do 

do. 

Stone,  Albright  & Co  24  20 

A.  W.  Bishop , 2 50 

W.  J.  Waggoner.  . 10  00 

B.  F.  Moore... 6 GO 

Van  Bure n Press* . . 17  00 

8.  F.  Paddock 21  25 

E,  C.  Absalom -8  10 

B.  F,  Wallis '8  00 

P.  Van  Winkle 1110 

Baum  & Bros.. 50 

Wffi.  A.  Banks 75  00 

Mrs.  F.  L.  Sutton  . . 50  00 

W.  Z.  Mayes 42  00 

G.  S.  Williford <60  80 

A. .  W.  Dinsmore . . *8  26 

B.  & T.  A.  Ennis.  . 28  40 

A.  W.  Bishop.. ..  4 75 

John  Ayres.. 1 45 

K S.  Shook..... 5 00 

Prof.  Thompson.  780  30 

E.  C.  Absalom....  ..  5 50 

C.  A.  Pape. . 3 00 

W.  F.  Coors 3 00 

W.  F.  Ooors... -3  06 

H,  G.  Coors.... 6 00 

W.  J.  Waggener.  . 10  00 

B.  F.  Wallis 8 00 

Btttefuhr  & Springer  24  -90 

E.  B.  & W . B.  Moore  -30  00 

N.  P.  Gates 500  00 

O.  H,  Leverett 466  ‘66 

Johnson  & Carter . . 2 00 

Sami  Bai-d....... i9  09 

Mary  B.  Gorton.  ...  566  66 

M.  Coffey 6 75 

M.  Coffey.... '8  80 

Janies  Mitchell 350  00 

O.  O.  Gr  y— 366  56 

O.  C.  Gray. 11  30 

A.  W.  Bishop , '.900  00 

W.  I).  C.  Botefuhr..  91  66 

Charles  Pape S 00 

W.  H.  Lockhart...  8 00 

W.  J.  Waggener...  9 00 

IL  G.  Ooors. 6 00 

W.  F.  Coors 3 20 

A.  W.  Bishop 20  24 

N.  P.  Gates- 10  U 

t J e r n iga n A Bo tefiihr  5 '9# 


68 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


1875.  No.  Cr. 


Feb 

9. 

132  By  Secy’s  warrant, 

order  E.  S.  Shook $ 

5 00 

tt 

16. 

140 

do 

do 

A.  B.  Bishop 

21  60 

It 

20. 

112 

do 

do 

Mrs.  F.  L.  Sutton... 

150  00 

u 

20. 

139 

do 

do 

C.  Jackson 

6 50 

Mar. 

6. 

130 

do 

do 

A.  W.  Bishop 

6 46 

tt 

6. 

148 

do 

do 

E.  S.  Shook 

5 00 

u 

6. 

144 

do 

do 

A.  W.  Bishop 

5 00 

u 

6. 

147 

do 

do 

H.  G.  Coors 

6 25 

tt 

6. 

160 

do 

do 

E.  C.  Absalom 

6 55 

tt 

6. 

146 

do 

do 

C.  A.  Pape 

8 00 

it 

6. 

149 

do 

do 

J.  H.  Bell 

9 00 

tt 

6. 

143 

do 

do 

W.  F.  Coors 

5 30 

It 

6. 

150 

do 

do 

W.  H.  Lockhart 

8 00 

it 

6. 

157 

do 

do 

Jas.  P.  Martin 

4 50 

tt 

6. 

152 

do 

do 

W.  J.  Waggener... 

30  00 

6. 

158 

do 

do 

W.  J.  Waggener... 

1 50 

it 

6. 

151 

do 

do 

E.B.&W.B.  Moore 

6 00 

it 

6. 

159 

do 

do 

O.  C.  Gray 

4 50 

l 

8. 

156 

do 

do 

Reed  & Ferguson... 

3 50 

tt 

10, 

145 

do 

do 

U.  C.  Barnett 

1 50 

it 

12, 

153 

do 

do 

A.  B.  Bishop 

11  72 

Apr. 

7, 

186 

do 

do 

A.  B.  Bishop 

4 45 

u 

7, 

182 

do 

do 

A.  B.  Bishop.., 

4 00 

.t 

7, 

163 

do 

do 

L.  Gregg 

43  25 

u 

7, 

164 

do 

do 

A.  W.  Dinsmore... 

100  35 

tt 

8, 

165 

do 

do 

M.  Garrett 

7 00 

u 

8, 

171 

do 

do 

H.  G.  Coors 

2 40 

tt 

8, 

177 

do 

do 

D.  C.  Bolinger...  . 

2 40 

tt 

8, 

172 

do 

do 

W.  F.  Coors 

5 00 

u 

8, 

174 

do 

do 

C.  A.  Pape 

8 00 

tt 

8, 

176 

do 

do 

J.  P.  Martin 

8 40 

it 

8, 

169 

do 

do 

E.  S.  Shook 

5 00 

it 

8, 

183 

do 

do 

W.  J.  Waggener... 

8 00 

It 

8, 

188 

do 

do 

S.  E.  Williford 

5 00 

tt 

8, 

181 

do 

do 

John  Ayres 

4 00 

tt 

10, 

192 

do 

do 

W.  D.  C.  Botefuhr 

166  66 

tt 

10 

195 

do 

do 

C H.  Leverett 

566  66 

tt 

10 

194 

do 

do 

A.  W.  Bishop 

900  00 

it 

10 

184 

do 

do 

Stone,  Albright  & Co 

4 43 

tt 

10 

170 

do 

do 

J.  H.  Bell 

3 00 

It 

10 

162 

do 

do 

M.  F.  Lake 

57  40 

It 

10 

78 

do 

do 

M.  F.  Lake 

1 00 

tt 

12 

168 

do 

do 

W.  J.  Waggoner...  . 

30  00 

a 

12 

178 

do 

do 

E.  Bridgford 

2 40 

a 

12 

166 

do 

do 

J.  Johnson 

50 

tt 

12, 

167 

do 

do 

A.  W.  Bishop 

50  57 

tt 

12, 

180 

do 

do 

W.  J.  Mcllroy 

1 00 

it 

16, 

109 

do 

do 

T.  L.  Thompson  . . 

425  00 

tt 

22, 

187 

do 

do 

Caldwell  & Cline . . 

12  00 

tt 

22, 

185 

do 

do 

Caldwell  & Cline . . 

23  45 

tt 

28, 

173 

do 

do 

W.  H.  Lockhart.  . 

8 00 

ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


69 


1875.  No.  Or. 


Apr,  28,  175  By  Secy’s  warrant,  order  H.  G.  Coors... $ 6 00 


May 

5,  200 

do 

do 

Botefuhr  & Springer 

5 57 

u 

5,  201 

do 

do 

N.  P,  Oates 

104  00 

u 

5,  202 

do 

do 

N.  P,  Oates . 

2 52 

u 

5,  203 

do 

do 

Caldwell  & Cline . . 

32  50 

a 

5,  204 

do 

do 

E.B.  & W.B.  Moore 

25  00 

u 

5,  205 

do 

do 

Jernigan  & Botefuhr 

6 65 

u 

5,  206 

do 

do 

C.  Jackson  & Co.  . 

1 04 

u 

5,  207 

do 

do 

J,  P.  Martin 

8 07 

a 

5,  208  . 

do 

do 

C.  Pape 

8 00 

u 

5,  209 

do 

do 

W.  F.  Coors 

5 00 

u 

5,  210 

do 

do 

J.  Simmon 8, 

8 00 

May 

5,  211 

do 

do 

E>  S.  Shook 

5 00 

u 

5,  212 

do 

do 

H.  O.  Coors 

6 00 

ii 

5,  213 

do 

do 

A,  W,  Bishop 

1 75 

u 

5,  214 

do 

do 

D.  C,  Bolinger 

8 80 

a 

5,  215 

do 

do 

Jolin  Ayres 

8 80 

u 

5,  216 

do 

do 

Miss  S.  E.  Harris  . 

8 80 

u 

5,  217 

do 

do 

Miss  E.  Bridgford.. 

8 80 

u 

5,  218 

do 

do 

H.  O.  Coors,,, 

8 80 

u 

5,  219 

do 

do 

M.  Coffey,, 

•3  55 

it 

5,  220 

do 

do 

A.  W.  Bishop 

41  82 

u 

5,  221 

do 

do 

M,  Oarrett 

24  75 

a 

5,  222 

do 

do 

P.  M,  Cox 

1 60 

u 

19,  188 

do 

do 

O.  C.  Orav,, 

566  66 

u 

28,  191 

do 

do 

Mary  R,  Oorton,,, 

566  66 

June 

5,  189 

do 

do 

N.  P.  Gates..,,,, 

700  00 

u 

17,  193 

do 

do 

Mrs.  F.  L.  Sutton.. 

200  00 

a 

17,  190 

do 

do 

James  Mitchell 

500  00 

a 

17,  234 

do 

do 

A.  W.  Bishop... 

14  00 

<i 

17,  247 

do 

do 

A.  B.  Gordon... 

1 50 

« 

17,  248 

do 

do 

J.  H.  Bell 

2 25 

a 

17,  225 

do 

do 

J.  H.  Bell...... 

10  00 

a 

17,  246 

do 

do 

W.  F.  Coors 

7 75 

a 

17,  250 

do 

do 

W.  F.  Coors 

3 00 

u 

17,  240 

do 

do 

Jay  Simmons........ 

5 00 

<i 

17,  243 

do 

do 

E.  S.  Shook 

8 75 

u 

5,  244 

do 

do 

J.  P.  Martin..... 

14  45 

« 

5,  237 

do 

do 

H.  G.  Coors 

14  00 

u 

5,  236 

do 

do 

H.  G.  Coors 

9 60 

u 

5,  238 

do 

do 

D.  C.  Bolinger  . . . 

14  00 

ti 

5,  239 

do 

do 

J.  C.  Ayres  

14  00 

u 

5,  241 

do 

do 

Miss  S.  E.  Harris. 

14  00 

u 

5,  240 

do 

do 

MissE.Bridgford . . 

14  00 

u 

5,  220 

do 

do 

E.  B.  & VV.  B.  Moore 

40  00 

u 

5,  229 

do 

do 

A.  W.  Bishop  . . . 

33  44 

a 

5,  227 

do 

do 

A.  W.  Bishop  ... 

41  36 

u 

5,  251 

do 

do 

A.  VV.  Bishop  ... 

8 95 

« 

5,  259 

do 

do 

O.  C.  Gray  

566  66 

it 

5,  258 

do 

do 

C.  II.  Leverett.  . . . 

566  66 

a 

5,  257 

do 

do 

W.  I).  C.  Botefuhr 

166  66 

70 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


1875. 

No. 

Cr. 

June 

5, 

252 

By  Secy’s  warrant,  order  A.  VV.  Bishop  ...  $ 

900  00 

u 

5, 

254 

do 

do 

James  Mitchell .... 

500  00 

u 

5, 

255 

do 

do 

Miss  Mary  B.  Gorton 

566  66 

u 

5, 

235 

do 

do 

Grange  Pub  Co  . . . 

25  .00 

u 

5, 

228 

do 

do 

M.  Garrett 

31  87 

u 

5, 

249 

do 

do 

C.  Jackson  & Co . . 

3 00 

u 

5, 

231 

do 

do 

Caldwell  & Cline... 

15  75 

U 

18, 

232 

do 

do 

Stone.  Albright  & Co 

7 25 

u 

18, 

256 

do 

do 

Mrs.  F.  L.  Sutton... 

200.  00 

u 

18, 

230 

do 

do 

L.  Duke 

c 6 41 

u 

18, 

245 

do 

do 

N.  P.  Gates 

1 20 

u 

18, 

253 

do 

do 

N.  P.  Gates  ..... 

700  00 

June  18, 

224  By  Secretary’s 

warrant  to  C.  A.  Pape 

4 00 

u 

19, 

233 

do 

do 

VV.  Z.  Mayes  & Co... 

12  5o 

u 

21, 

260 

do 

do 

VV.  I).  C.  Botef'uhr.  . 

125  00 

a 

21, 

1 

do 

do 

A.  W.  Bishop  .... 

488  89 

u 

21, 

2 

do 

do 

D.  E.  Jones  

42  00 

a 

21, 

3 

do 

do 

A.  VV.  Bishop  

5 oo 

u 

21, 

4 

do 

do 

VV.  E.  Thompson .... 

104  15 

u 

21, 

5 

do 

do 

J.  M.  Johnson  . ... 

20.  00 

a 

21, 

6 

do 

do 

A.  VV.  Dinsmore  ... 

31  00 

u 

22, 

7 

. do 

do 

M.  F.  Lake  

20  50 

$17,495  aa 

Balance  on  hand  to  credit  of  the  University  .$2,219  87 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


71 


CASH  ACCOUNT  OF  SECRETARY. 


1874.  No.  Vouch.  Dr. 

July  7,  1 To  cash  rec’d  from  old  Treas.,  Current  Ex.  Fund$  97101 

“ 7,  2 To  cash  rcceivd  from  old  Treasurer,  N.  B.  fund  2,264  53 

“ 7,  2 To  State  scrip  from  old  Treasurer,  N.  B.  fund...  21,011  75 

u 7,  3 To  State  scrip  from  old  Treasurer,  cur.  ex.  fund  11,357  80 


“ 7,  4 To  currency  from  old  Treasurer,  building  fund  12,684  63 

Aug  1,  5 To  currency  from  State  Treasurer,  building  fund  4,990  00 

11,  6 To  currency  from  State  Treasurer,  building  fund  4,990  00 

Sep.  5,  7 To  currency  from  State  Treasurer,  building  fuud  6,960  00 

“ 8,  8 To  Fayetteville  coupons,  building  fund 1,200  00 

“ 8,  9 B}*  tuition 669  60 

u 8,  9 By  cash  from  farm * 25  35 

u 18,  30  By  cash  from  tuition  fees 105  50 

Oct.  2,  11  do  tuition  fees 99  35 

“ 3,  12  do  old  tuition  fees 449  95 

“ 13,  13  do  State  Treasurer,  Building  Fund  11,659  40 

“ 29,  14  do  State  Treasurer,  Building  Fund  5,000  00 

“ 31,  15  do  State  Treasurer,  Building  Fund  5,500  00 

“ 31,  16  do  tuition,  current  expense  fund...  38  00 

“ 31,  16  do  farm ? 23  85 

Nov.  2,  17  do  State  Treasurer  Building  Fund  1,140  15 

“ 7,  18  do  tuition  15  00 

“ 7,  By  cash  old  tuition  from  old  Treasurer 39  00 

k£  16,  do  old  tuition  from  Prof.  Thompson 16  50 

“ 23,  do  tuition  and  matriculation  fees 15  00 

“ 23,  do  farm 45  00 

Dec.  2,  do  State  Treasurer,  Building  Fund 9,000  00 

“ 10,  do  farm 5 64 

“ 10,  do  tuition  and  matriculation  fees 30  00 

“ 14,  do  tuition  and  matriculation  fees 175  00 

“ 16,  do  tuition  and  matriculation  fees 221  00 

•k  17,  do  State  Treasurer,  Building*  Fund 1,279  92 

1875. 

Jan.  1,  do  State  Treasurer,  Building  Fund 6,000  00 

“ 6,  do  Old  Treasurer 37  15 

“ 8,  do  State  Treasurer,  Building  Fund 795  68 

Mar.  4,  do  State  Treasurer,  Building  Fund 3,572  50 

Feb.  3,  do  Tuition  52  70 

“ 9,  do  Tuition 23  50 

a 22,  do  Tuition 15  50 

“ 22,  do  Tuition 40  50 

“ 22,  do  Tuition , . 191  96 

Ma*\  25,  do  Tuition 245  00 

9 25,  do  Tuition 20  00 

Apr.  5,  do  Tuition 103  50 

“ 7,  do  State  Treasurer,  Building  Fund 2,000  00 

. u 7,  do  State  Treasurer,  Fayetteville  coupons.  . 800  00 

“ 7,  do  Washington  County  coupons  from  Treas.  4,000  00 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


7% 


1875.  Dr. 

May  4,  do  Washington  County  coupons  from  Treas.$  4r000  09 

u 5,  Cash  from  State  Treasurer.....  .... .... .. 6rlOT  65 

“ 5,  By  Fayetteville  coupons  from  State  Treasurer^, 400  0$ 

JunelO.  By  State Scrip,  §11,000, State Treas. pro. cur. ex. f’ni  4,354  19 
u 15,  By  Cash,  tuition  fees... 172  82 

Amonnt. $134,998  60 


CASH  ACCOUNT  OF  SECRETARY. 

1874.  Cr. 

July  7,  By  cash  paid  Treasurer  Bishop $ 97101 

u 7 , By  cash  paid  Treasurer  Bishops  1ST.  B,  fund 2,263  53; 

“ 7,  By  State  scrip  paid  Treasurer  Bishop,  N.  B.  fund  21,011  75 


“ 7, 

By  State  Scrip  paid  Tr 

ensure r 

Bishop,  current  ex.  11,357  80> 

44  7, 

By  cash  paid  Treasurer 

Bishop 

Building  fund.  . . 

. 12,684  63 

Aug.  8, 

do 

do 

do 

do 

. 4,990  09 

“ 11, 

do 

do 

do 

do 

. 4,990  09 

Sep.  5, 

do 

do 

do 

do 

. 6,960  00 

“ 8, 

By  Fayetteville  coupon 

is,  current  expense  fund.  . 

. 1,200  OO 

“ 10, 

By  cash  paid  Treasurer 

Bishop, 

current  ex.  fund.  . > 

669  09 

- 10, 

do 

Farm  . . . . 

25  35 

“ 18, 

do 

current  expense  fund . . , 

1 05  59 

Oct.  2, 

do 

current  expense  fund. 

95  35 

* 3. 

do 

paid  Treasurer 

Bishop, 

back  tuition ...... 

449  95 

“ 13, 

do 

do 

do 

building  fund... 

. 11,659  49 

“■  29, 

do 

do 

do 

building  fund... 

, 5,000  09 

<*  31, 

do 

do 

do 

building  fund.  . 

5,500  09 

“ 31, 

do 

do 

do 

tuition . 

61  85 

Nov.  6, 

do 

do 

do 

building  fund . . . 

1,140  15 

“ 7. 

do 

do 

do 

current  expense. 

15  09 

“ 23, 

do 

do 

do 

current  expense. 

15  09 

“ 23, 

do 

do 

do 

farm 

45  09 

Bee.  2, 

do 

do 

do 

building  fund.  . . 

9,000  09 

“ 3, 

do 

do 

do 

old  tuition 

39  00 

“ 3, 

do 

do 

do 

farm 

16  50 

Nov.  10, 

do 

do 

do 

far »n . . 

5 64 

kC  10, 

do 

do 

do 

tuition 

20  09 

Bee.  14, 

do 

do 

do 

tuition 

175  00 

“ 16, 

do 

do 

do 

tuition 

221  65 

Nov.  17, 

do 

do 

do 

building  fund... 

1,379  92 

1875. 

Jan.  4, 

do 

do 

do 

building  fund  . . . 

6,000  OO 

“ 6, 

do 

do 

do 

old  tuition 

37  15 

“ 8, 

do 

do 

do 

building  fund  . . . 

795  68 

Mar.  4, 

do 

do 

do 

building  fund 

3,572  50 

Feb.  3, 

do 

do 

do 

tuition 

52  70 

“ 9, 

do 

# do 

do 

tuition 

23  50 

“ 22, 

do 

do 

do 

tuition 

1 5 50 

“ 22, 

do 

do 

do 

tuition 

40  50 

A U KANSA  S IND  US  TRIAL  UNI  VERSIT  Y. 


73 


1875. 

Feb.  22,  By  rash  paid  Treasurer  Bishop,  tuition $ 191  90 

Mar  25,  do  do  do  tuition  245  00 

“ 25,  do  do  do  tuition 20  00 

Apr.  5,  do  do  do  tuition 103  50 

“ 7,  do  do  do  building  fund 2,000  00 

“ 7,  Fayetteville  coupons,  pd  Treas.  Bishop  eur.  expense  800  00 

“ 7,  Washington  co.  coup.  do  do  4,000  00 

May  4,  Bv  Cash  paid  to  Treasurer  Bishop,  building  fund  6,105  65 
“ 5,  Washington  co.  coupons,  pd  Treas.  Bishop,  cur.  ex.  4,000  00 

“ 5,  Fayetteville  coupons,  pd  Treasurer  Bishop,  cur.  ex.  400  00 

June  10,  By  cash  paid  to  Treas  Bishop,  proceeds  of  $11,000  4,354  16 

11  15,  By  cash  paid  to  Treasurer  Bishop,  tuition 172  82 


Total  amount $134,998  60 


We  have  examined  the  above  account,  and  find  the  same  correct. 

D.  E.  JONES, 

W.  E.  THOMPSON, 
Finance  Committee. 

The  report  was  received  and  adopted  by  the  Board. 


FARM  ACCOUNT  OF  SECRETARY. 


1874.  Dr. 

July  7,  To  amount  of  estimate  for  annual  expenses $800  00 

Sep.  9,  To  5 bushels  rye  at  8*  cents,  J.  R.  Wilson 4 25 

“ 9,  To  3 bushels  rye  at  85  cents,  J.  A.  Benbrook 2 55 

“ 9,  To  6 bushels  rye  at  85  cents,  F.  Mays 5 10 

“ 9,  To  1 bushel  rye  at  85  cents,  P.  R.  Smith 85 

“ 9,  To  cash  received  from  Prof.  Thompson,  corn  and  fruit  10  88 

u 10,  To  2 bushels  rye  at  85  cents,  Dr.  Graham 1 70 

“ 10,  To  cash  received  from  Prof.  Thompson,  produce 25  35 

Oct.  Si,  To  34  bushels  rye  at  85  cents,  Prof.  Leverett 2 97 

“ 31,  'To  104  bushels  peaches  at  25  cents.  Prof.  Leverett 2 56 

“ 31,  To  cash  from  Prof.  Thompson,  sundries  sold 18  31 

Nov  16,  To  cash  from  Prof  Thompson,  sundries  sold 16  50 

a 10,  To  cash  from  Prof  Thompson,  sundries  sold 5 60 

“ 23,  To  cash  from  Prof.  Thompson,  sundries  sold 45  00 


Aggregate $941  63 


74  ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 

FARM  ACCOUNT  OF  SECRETARY. 


1874. 

Cit 

July  7, 

By  amount  paid  W J.  Wag£cner,  labor 

$ 2 

25 

“ 14, 

do 

do 

M.  I).  Wright,  labor 

2 

CO 

Aug  21, 

do 

do 

John  Bell,  labor 

25 

00 

Sep.  9, 

do 

do 

John  Bell,  labor 

30 

oo 

“ 9, 

do 

do 

C.  M.  Oliver,  labor 

3 

50 

Oet.  16, 

do 

do 

tor  blue  grass  seed 

57 

25 

“ 16, 

do 

do 

sundry  students  lor  September 

30 

37 

“ 16, 

do 

do 

M.  Coffey,  smithing 

7 

60 

“ 16, 

do 

do 

Win.  Askew,  labor 

8 

70 

« 16, 

do 

do 

J.  if.  Boll,  labor : 

11 

1 H 

‘‘  16, 

do 

do 

E.  S.  Shook,  labor. 

7 

97 

“ 16, 

do 

do 

J.  H.  Bell,  labor  in  September 

18 

03 

Fee.  4. 

do 

do 

sundry  students  by  Prof.  1 hompson 

25 

74 

1875. 

Jan..  6, 

do 

do 

sundry  student's  by  Prof.  Thompson 

80 

80 

Feb.  5, 

do 

do 

sundry  students  by  Prof.  Thompson 

6 

40 

Mar.  4, 

do 

do 

sundry  students  by  Pro!.  Thompson 

11 

72 

‘‘  4, 

do 

do 

J.  H.  Bell 

9 

00 

Apr.  7, 

do 

do 

M.  Garrett,  labor *. 

7 

00 

“ 7, 

do 

do 

sundry  students  labor 

50 

77 

7, 

do 

do 

J.  H.  Bell,  labor 

W.  Mcllroy,  for  mule 

•> 

o 

Co 

“ 7, 

do 

do 

j a 

10 

May  5, 

do 

do 

M.  Coffey,  smithing 

3* 

55 

do 

do 

sundry  students,  labor 

41 

82 

“ 5, 

do 

do 

M.  Garrett,  labor 

sundry  students,  labor 

24 ' 

75 

June'15, 

do 

do 

41 

86 

15, 

do 

do 

J.  H.  Bell,  corn  

10 

00 

“ 3 15, 

do 

do 

M.  Garrett,  labor. 

81 

87 

C 15, 

do 

do 

sundry  students,  labor’  tor  June.  .... 

83 

44 

“ 15, 

do 

do 

A.  B.  Gordon,  cider  mill 

1 

50 

“ 15, 

do 

do 

J.  H.  Bell,  labor 

2 * 

25 

“ 15, 

do 

do 

produce  sold 

14P 

r.< 

63 

. “ 25, 

do 

do 

returned  to  treasury 

260* 

02 

$941  63 


REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE. 


Approved  by  Committee  on  Finance. 

D.  E.  JONES, 

\V.  E.  THOMPSON. 

Committee. 


b 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY.  75 

FURNITURE  ACT  OF  SECRETARY. 


1S74.  Dr. 

July  7.  To  amount  of  estimate  for  the  year $50  00 

1874.  Cr. 

July  12.  By  amount  paid  Botefuhr  & Springer $10  00 

1875. 

June  21.  By  amount  returned  to  treasury 40  00 

$50  00 


Idle  above  account  is  approved  by  the  Finance  Committee. 

D.  E.  JONES, 

W.  E.  THOMPSON, 
Finance  Committee 


LIBRARY  ACT  OF  SECRETARY. 


1874. 

July  6. 

To  amount  of 

annual  estimate 

Dr. 

1874. 
Aug.  25. 

By  amount  paid  for  maps  and  globe ,,.$ 

Cr. 

9.3 

90 

Dec.  7, 

do 

do 

Appleton  & Co.  for  books... 

1 

13 

“ 7. 

do 

do 

G.  VV.  Williford,  text  books.. 

23 

50 

“ 7. 

do 

do 

11.  Gr.  Coors,  librarian 

6 

00 

1875. 
Jan.  G. 

do 

do 

11.  GL  Coors,  librarian 

6 

00 

Feb.  5. 

do 

do 

LI.  Gr.  Coors,  librarian 

5 

ou 

“ 5. 

do 

do 

Prof,  (rates,  text  books 

Pres.  Bishop,  register 

10 

50 

“ 5. 

do 

do 

6 

24 

“ 5. 

do 

do 

Pres.  Bishop,  school  register 

6 

00 

“ 5. 

do 

do 

Pres.  Bishop,  school  books. 

21 

60 

Mar.  4. 

do 

do 

II  G.  Coors,  librarian 

6 

25 

“ 4. 

do 

do 

Peed  & Ferguson,  freight 

H.  G.  Coors,  librarian....... 

Q 

O 

50 

April  7. 

do 

do 

G 

00 

“ 7. 

do 

do 

Caldwell  & Cline,  map  boards 

12 

00 

May  5. 

do 

do 

II.  Gr.  Coors,  librarian 

0 

00 

4). 

do 

do 

Prof.  Gates,  Physiology 

2 

52 

June  15. 

do 

do 

II.  G.  Coors,  lib.  May  & June 

9 

60 

u 21. 

do 

do 

returned  into  treasury 

123 

26 

— $350  00 

Approved  by  Committee. 

D.  E.  JONES, 

W.  E.  THOMPSON, 

Committees 


76 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


APPARATUS  AC’T  OF  SECRETARY. 

1874. 

Dr. 

July  7.  To  amount 

of  annual  estimate 

$1,009- 00 

1874. 

Or. 

Sept.  19.  By 

am't  pa 

id  Prof.  Gray  for  compass  ...  $ 

82  09 

Dec.  4. 

do 

W . A . Ba  n k s , p h a n ta  s m ig  o r i a 

75  00 

1875. 

Jan.  6. 

do 

for  drafting  instruments.... 

11  20 

Mar.  4. 

do 

Geo.  Lake,  surveyor's  chain 

4 50 

April  7. 

do 

W.  J.  Waggener,  carp,  work 

8 00 

“ 7. 

do 

Prof.  Gates,  for  microscope 

104  00 

June  15. 

do 

returned  to  treasury 

715  30 

* 

$1,000  00 

Approved  by  Committee. 

D.  E.  JONES. 

W.  E.  THOMPSON, 
Committee. 


CHEMICAL  AC’T  OF  SECRETARY. 


1874.  Dr. 

July  6.  To  amount  of  estimate  for  ensuing  year $500  00 

1874.  • Cr. 

Dec.  4.  By  amount  bill  paid  S.  F.  Paddock.,  $'  8 40 

1875. 

June  25.  By  amount  returned  to  treasury 491  60 

$500  00 


Approved  by  Committee, 

D,  E.  JONES, 

W.  E.  THOMPSON, 

Committee, 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


BUILDING  ACT  OF  SECRETARY. 


1874. 

July 

7.  To 

cash  brought  forward  from  last  yea 

..  $12,684 

66 

u 

Aug. 

8.  To 

cash  received  from  State  Treasurer... 

4,990 

00 

u 

U 

8. 

do  do  do  do 

4,990 

00 

‘‘ 

Sept. 

6. 

do  do  do  do 

6,960 

00 

Xf 

Oct. 

13. 

do  do  do  do 

11,659 

40 

u 

u 

29. 

do  do  do  do 

5,000 

00 

u 

<4 

31. 

do  do  do  do 

5,500 

00 

•u 

Nov. 

6. 

do  do  do  do 

» . * 

1,140 

15 

a 

Dec. 

2 

do  do  do  do 

v 

9,000 

00 

“ 

« 

17. 

do  do  do  do 

1,379 

92 

1875. 

Jan. 

1. 

do  do  do  do 

6,000 

00 

U 

u 

8. 

do  do  do  do 

„ . 

795 

68 

u 

Mar. 

4. 

do  do  do  do 

3,572 

50 

•u 

a pri! 

7, 

do  do  do  do 

2,000 

00 

May 

4. 

do  do  do  do 

,, 

... 

6,101 

65 

Tot  a 

1 . . . . 

93 

Vs7i 

(a. 

■ 7 ’ ' 

July 

16.  Bv  cash  p 

d Oliver  & Mayes  on  June  est.  $ 

8,850 

74 

Aug. 

17. 

do 

Oliver  & Mayes,  July  estim’t 

8,740 

17 

17. 

do 

A.  Hendry,  architect.,,...... 

150 

00 

'■ 

17, 

do 

Telegram  to  Van  Osdel 

3 

70 

Sept.  10. 

do 

W.  Z.  Mayes  & Co.,  Aug.  est.  10,823 

54 

10, 

do 

A.  Hendry,  architect. 

150 

00 

Cl 

29. 

do 

A.  Hendry,  architect 

110 

00 

■u 

29. 

do 

Oliver  & Mayes,  Sept.  est...  11,841 

54 

.Nov. 

6. 

do 

W.  Z.  Mayes  & Co.,  Oct.  est.  11,869 

01 

<1 

6. 

do 

A.  Hendry,  architect,., 

• 150 

00 

u 

6. 

do 

Ol i ver  & Mayes,  armorv ...... 

480 

89 

Dec. 

4. 

do 

W.  Z.  Mayes  & Co.,  Nov,  est 

9,126 

54 

1875, 

Jan. 

6. 

do 

W,  Z.  Mayes  &Co.,  Dec.  est. 

6,662 

62 

a 

6. 

do 

A.  Hendry,  architect,,,,. 

175 

00 

Feb. 

6. 

do 

W Z.  Mayors  & Co.,  Jan,  est. 

3,086 

43 

Cl 

6. 

do 

A.  Hendry,  architect  

100 

On 

Mar. 

4. 

do 

W.  Z.  Mayes  & Co.,  Feb.  est. 

1,868 

no 

Z.Q 

u 

4. 

do 

A.  Hendry,  architect 

100 

00 

Cl 

4. 

do 

W.  Z.  Mayes,  pressed  brick 

604 

00 

u 

4. 

do 

W.  Z.  Mayes,  laying  brick . . 

150 

00 

A pri  1 

6. 

do 

W.  Z.  Mayes  & Co.,  March  est. 

2,690 

33 

u 

6, 

do 

A.  Hendry,  architect  . ..... 

50 

00 

May 

5. 

do 

W . Z.  Mayes  & Co.  April  est., 

1,945 

63 

5. 

do 

A.  Hendry,  architect 

90 

00 

<C 

5. 

do 

Mayes  & Co.,  on  20  per  cent. 

Mayes  & Co.,  on  20  per  cent 
reserve  fund,  speed,  stone, 
brick  & glass  con.,  old  B’rd 


BOO  00 


Balance  in  treasury 


-$80,418  4a 
. 2,355  48 


$81,773  93 


78 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY 


The  forgoing  account  is  approved  by  Finance  Committee. 

D.  E.  JONES, 

>V.  E.  THOMPSON, 
Committee. 


EDUCATIONAL  ACCOUNT. 


1874.  Dr. 

July  6.  To  amount  of  estimate  for  ensuing  year,  including 

$200  00  for  mathematics $11,700  00 


1874. 

July  6.  By 

amount 

paid  Prof.  Botefuhr  past  year $ 

Cr. 

50  00 

a 

11. 

do 

do  Botefuhr  past  year 

106 

66 

a ' 

11. 

do 

President  Bishop,  past  year 

5 

55 

Oct. 

6. 

do 

Prof.  Gates,  salary 

200 

00 

u . 

6. 

do 

do  Gray  salary 

200 

00 

a 

6. 

do 

do  Thompson,  salary 

75 

00 

u 

6. 

do 

do  C.  H.  Leverett,  salary.... 

100 

00 

u 

6. 

do 

do  Jas.  Mitchell,  salary 

150 

00 

a 

6. 

do 

Mrs.  F.  L.  Sutton 

50 

00 

a 

6. 

do 

Prof.  Botefuhr 

75 

00 

18 

Jan. 

75. 

6. 

do 

do  P.  Gates,  balance  ... 

500 

00 

a 

6. 

do 

do  O.  0.  Gray,  salary...  ... 

366 

66 1 
00' 

a 

6. 

do 

do  T.  L.  Thompson,  salary... 

425 

u 

6. 

do 

do  C.  H.  Leverett,  salary 

466 

66 § 

t-{ 

6. 

do 

do  Jas.  Mitchell,  salary 

350 

00 

a 

6. 

do 

Mrs.  Sutton,  salary 

150 

00 

a 

6. 

do 

Prof.  Botefuhr,  salary 

91 

66  J 

a 

6. 

do 

Miss  Mary  R.  Gorton,  salary... 

566 

66if 

a 

6. 

do 

Pres.  Bishop,  salary, 

900 

oo' 

Mar, 

. 4. 

do 

W.  J.  YVaggener,  tutor  

30 

00 

April  7. 

do 

H . G.  Coors,  tutor  

2 

40 

- a 

7. 

do 

D.  C.  Bolinger,  tutor 

2 

50 

a 

7. 

do 

Miss  E.  Bridgford 

2 

40 

a 

i . 

do 

Miss  S.  E.  Harris 

2 

80 

Li 

6. 

oo 

John  Ayres 

4 

40 

Li 

7. 

do 

S.  E.  Williford,  tuition  refunded 

5 

00 

Li 

7. 

do 

President  Bishop,  salary 

900 

00 

ii 

7. 

do 

Prof.  U.  FI.  Leverett,  salary... 

566 

66f 

ii 

7. 

do 

do  O.  C.  Gray,  salary 

566 

66* 

a 

7. 

do 

do  N.  P.  Gates,  salary 

700  00 

a 

7. 

do 

do  James  Mitchell,  salary.... 

500 

00 

a 

7. 

do 

Miss  Mary  R.  Gorton,  salary... 

566 

66| 

a 

7. 

do 

Prof.  W.  D.  C.  Botefuhr,  salary 

166 

66 1 

Li 

7. 

do 

Mrs.  F.  L.  Sutton,  salary 

200 

oo' 

ARKAXSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


79 


1875.  Cr. 


May  5.  By  ain’t  paid  D.  C.  Bolinger,  tutor 8 80 


ll 

5. 

do 

John  Ayres,  tutor  

8 

80 

t. 

5. 

do 

Miss  E.  Bridgford 

8 

80 

u 

5. 

do 

Miss  S.  E.  Harris  

8 

80 

n 

d > 

H.  G.  Coors,  tutor  

8 

80 

June  IT 

do 

I).  C.  Bolinger,  tutor 

14 

00 

15. 

do 

11.  Gr.  Coors  tutor.  

14 

00 

J mi. 

15. 

d 0 

John  Ayres,  tutor 

14 

00 

u 

15. 

do 

Miss  E.  Bridgford,  tutor 

14 

90 

15. 

do 

Miss  S.  E.  Harris,  tutor 

14 

00 

a 

15. 

do 

President  A.  W.  Bishop,  salary... 

900 

00 

a 

15. 

do 

Professor  1ST.  P.  Gates,  salary 

700 

00 

n 

15. 

do 

Professor  James  Mitchell,  salary.... 

500 

00 

ll 

15. 

do 

Miss  Mary  R.  Gorton,  s dary 

566 

66 

ll 

15. 

do 

Mrs.  F.  L.  Sutton,  salary 

..  200 

00 

15. 

do 

Professor  W.  I).  C.  Bo  efuhr  salary..  166 

66f 

ll 

15 

do 

Professor  C.  II.  Lcverett  salaiy 

566 

66J 

u 

15 

do 

Professor  O.  C.  Gray,  salary 

566 

66| 

.1 

'5 

do 

W.  D.  C.  Bot efuhr  salary,  German. 

,.  125 

00' 

Jan. 

20 

do 

returned  to  treasury 

. 1,249 

41 

o 

o 

-A 

00 

A p p ro  ved  by  Co  mini  ttce . 

D.  E.  JONES, 

W.  E.  THOMPSON, 
Committee. 


INCIDENTAL  ACT  OF  SECRETARY. 


1874.  Dr. 

July  6.  To  amount  of  estimate  for  Janitors $ 350  00 

u 6.  do  do  Treasurer 5('0  00 

u 6.  do  do  Secretary 500  00 

“ 6.  do  do  Board  meetings  1000  00 

“ (5.  do  do  Stationery 250  00 

“ 0.  do  do  Incidentals 100  00 


$ 2,700  00 

1874  Cr. 


July  7,  By  amount  paid  Trustee  Johnson,  expenses :$ 

“ 7.  do  Trustee  Johnson,  State  scrip.  ... 

“ 7.  do  Trustee  Lake,  State  scrip 

c-  7.  do  Trustee  Lake,  Currency 


(50  00 
60  00 
20  00 
10  25 


so 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


1874.  Ce. 


July 

7.  By 

amount  paid  M.  A.  Cohn,  agent.  Currency $ 

189 

00 

U 

/ . 

do 

Trustee  Dinsmore,  Cum  icy.. 

27 

u > 

U 

7. 

do 

Trustee  Dinsmore,  State  serin 

27 

e)U 

u 

7. 

do 

Tru8i.ee  JoncsT  State  scrip 

35 

00 

u 

7. 

do 

Trustee  Jones,  Currency - 

41 

50 

u 

7. 

• do 

Trustee  Gregg,  Scrip 

20 

00 

u 

7. 

do 

Orator  Gil  lam  Currency 

20 

00 

u 

7, 

do 

Trustee  Bishop,  Currencv 

17 

50 

(C 

13. 

do 

Band  instruments,,  old  debt 

199 

99 

u 

15. 

do 

E . B.  & W.  B.  Moore, printing 

16 

00 

Ans:.  20. 

do 

Freight  on  books 

1 

00 

u 

20. 

do 

Reed  & Ferguson,  old  debt 

3 / 

44 

a 

24. 

do 

Freight  on  books 

9 

30 

u 

20. 

do 

Incidental  Acct  Jernigan  & Botcf'uhr 

58 

95 

Sept. 

8. 

do 

President  Bishop,  postage 

19 

05 

u- 

8v 

do 

President  Bishop,  incidentals 

2 

25 

u 

8. 

do 

Jernigan,  old  debt 

7 

50 

u- 

8. 

do 

A.  S.  Gregg,  freight  ordnance 

90 

00 

u 

8>. 

do 

E.  C.  Absalom,  repairs 

31 

00 

Ur 

8. 

do 

Baum  & Bros.,  barrels 

4 

00 

u 

8. 

do 

Jernigan  & Botefuhr 

10 

30 

u 

8. 

do 

E.  B k W.  B.  Moore  advertising 

42 

60 

u 

8. 

do 

Secretary,  books  and  freight 

15 

59 

u 

8. 

do 

President  Bishop,  postage 

5 

7 -> 

u 

8. 

do 

O.  C.  Gra3',p,ckg  and  shiphig  books 

13 

25 

u 

8. 

do- 

Railroad and  freight  on  ordnan  e 

137 

70 

a * 

8. 

do 

Rainwater,  lumber 

4 

72 

u 

8. 

do 

A.  W.  Bishop,  freight 

26 

50 

u 

8. 

do 

E.  C Absalom,  repair 

8 

00 

Kov. 

6. 

do 

Miller  & Allen,  repairs 

8 

40 

Ur 

6. 

do 

Rainwater,  lumber  

4 

12 

U 

0. 

do 

E.  C.  Absalom,  repa  rs 

21 

25 

u 

6. 

do 

Eld  ridge  k Bro.,  Stationery 

3 

13 

u 

6. 

do 

A.  W.  Bishop,  postage  . 

10 

51 

u 

6. 

do 

E.  C.  Absalom,  repairs. 

8 

15 

u 

6. 

do 

Janitors,  by  President  Bishop.  . . . 

47 

40 

u 

6. 

do 

II.  C.  Barnett,  brooms . . . 

4 

00 

ll 

6. 

do 

H G.  Coors,  Librarian  

12 

00 

u 

6. 

do 

E.  S.  Shook,  Janitor 

10 

00 

Dec. 

4. 

do 

Trustee  Lake,  postage  

1 

00 

iL- 

4. 

do 

Baum  & Bros.,  sundries 

50 

U 

4. 

do 

A W.  Bishop,  postage 

2 

50 

U 

4. 

do 

Van  Buren  Press,  advertisement... 

17 

50 

a 

4. 

do 

P.  Van  Winkle,  old  account 

11 

11 

u 

4. 

do 

FI.  C.  Absalom,  repairs 

6 

35 

u 

4. 

do 

B.  F.  Wallis,  Janitor 

8 

00 

u 

4. 

do 

C.  A.  Pape,  Janitor 

8 

00 

u 

4. 

do 

VV.  J Waggener,  Janitor . 

10 

00 

u 

4. 

do 

E.  S. Shook 

5 

00 

u 

4. 

do 

W . Z.  Mays,  bill  by  old  Board 

42 

00 

u 

4. 

do 

S.  F.  Paddock  sundries 

12 

85 

ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 

81 

1875 

Jan.  fi. 

do 

W.  F.  Coors,  Janitor $ 

3 00 

U 

6. 

do 

W.J,  Waggener,  Janitor 

10  00 

U 

6. 

do 

E.  C Absalom,  repairs  

5 50 

u 

6. 

do 

M.  Coffey,  smithing . 

8 80 

ll 

6. 

do 

C.  Pape  Janitor 

8 00 

u 

6. 

do 

W.  F.  Coors  Janitor 

3 00 

u 

6. 

do 

A.  W.  Bishop,  postage 

4 75 

(l 

6. 

do 

M.  Coffey,  repairs 

6 75 

u 

6. 

do 

John  Ayres,  work  on  armory 

1 45 

u 

6. 

do 

E.  B.  & W.  B.  Moore  advertising 

30  00 

u 

6. 

do 

Sam  Bard,  old  work 

19  00 

u 

6. 

do 

Botefuhr  & Springer,  seats 

24  90 

a 

6. 

do 

E.  S.  Shook  Janitor 

5 00 

6. 

do 

B.  F.  Wallis,  Janitor 

8 00 

6. 

do 

John  on  & Curtis,  sheep  pelts 

2 00 

Feb. 

f>. 

do 

Jerriigan  & Botefuhr,  sundries  . . . 

5 90 

a 

5. 

do 

E.  S.  Shook,  Janitor 

5 00 

a 

f). 

do 

C.  Pape  Janitor 

8 00 

u 

5. 

do 

W.  II.  Lockhart 

8 00 

a 

5- 

do 

\V . J.  Waggener 

9 00 

a 

5* 

do 

W.  F.  Coors 

3 20 

u 

5. 

do 

C.  Jackson  & Co.,  privy  boxes... 

6 50 

u 

5. 

do 

A.  W.  Bishop,  monthly  report 

8 00 

March  4 

do 

W.  F.  Coors,  Janitor 

5 30 

u 

4. 

'do 

A.  W.  Bishop,  postage 

5 00 

l 

4. 

do 

H.  C.  Barnett,  brooms 

1 50 

u 

4. 

do 

C.  E.  Pape,  Janitor 

8 00 

a 

4. 

do 

E.  S.  Shook,  Janitor 

5 00 

u 

4. 

do 

W.  H.  Lockhait,  Janitor 

8 00 

u 

4. 

do 

E.  B.  &\V.  B.  Moore,  advertising 

6 00 

u 

4. 

do 

J P.  Martin,  Janitor 

4 50 

l. 

4 

do 

W.J.  Waggener,  Janitor 

1 50 

April 

7. 

do 

J.  Johnson,  sheep  pelt 

50 

u 

7. 

do 

E.  S.  Shook,  Janitor 

5 00 

u 

7. 

do 

W.  H.  Lockhart,  Janitor 

8 00 

u 

7. 

do 

C.  E Pape,  Janiior 

8 00 

u 

7. 

do 

W.  F.  Coors,  Janitor 

5 00 

u 

7. 

do 

J.  P.  Martin  Janitor 

8 40 

u 

7, 

do 

President  Bishop,  report  of  accts 

4 00 

u 

7. 

do 

Stone  & Albright 

4 43 

u 

7. 

do 

A.  W.  Bishop,  postage 

4 45 

u 

7. 

do 

Trustee  Lake,  per  diem,  scrip 

57  50 

u 

7. 

do 

Trustee  Dinsmore,  j^er  diem,  scrip 

107  50 

u 

7. 

do 

Trustee  Dinsmore,  expenses,  cur. 

100  35 

u 

7. 

do 

Trustee  Gregg,  expenses,  currency 

43  25 

« 

7. 

do 

Trustee  Lake,  currency 

57  00 

May 

5. 

do 

Jernigan  & Botefuhr,  meichandise 

6 65 

u 

5. 

do 

Botefuhr  & Springer,  merchandise 

5 57 

a 

5. 

do 

C.  Jackson  & Co.,  merchandise... 

1 04 

u 

5. 

do 

Democrat,  advertising 

25  00 

u 

5. 

do 

J.  P.  Martin,  Janitor 

8 07 

6 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


82 


1875.  Cr. 


31  ay 

5.  By  amount  paid  C.  E.  Pape,  janitor 

...$  8 

00  I 

u 

5. 

do 

AY.  F.  Coors  Janitor 

00 

u 

5. 

do 

Jay  Simmons,  Janitor 

8 

00 

u 

5. 

do 

L.  Duke,  repairs 

Stone  Albright  & Co.,  merchandise.. 

6 41 

u 

5. 

do 

7 

25 

u 

5. 

do 

E.  S.  Shook,  Janitor.  . . 

00 

u 

5. 

do 

A.  AY.  Bishop,  postage 

I 

75  ! 

iC 

5. 

do 

Dr.  P.  M.  Cox,  incidentals 

1 

60 

June 

5. 

do 

C.  E.  Pape,  Janitor 

4 

oo  | 

u 

5. 

do 

Adams  & Bro.,  incidentals 

50 

u 

5. 

do 

E.  B.  & VAR  B.  Moore,  advertising.. 

40 

00 

(( 

5. 

do 

AY.  Z.  Mays  & Co.r  stage 

12 

50 

(( 

5. 

do 

A.  AY.  Bishop,  postage  and  printing  . 

14 

45 

u 

5. 

do 

N.  P.  Gates,  incidentals.  . . . 

20 

u 

5. 

do 

AY.  F.  Coors,  Janitor 

75 

u 

5. 

do 

C.  Jackso.",  footlights 

Q 

90 

u 

5. 

do 

AY.  F.  Coors,  work  on  armory 

00 

u 

5. 

do 

Sundry  students,  work  on  grounds.. 

8 

95 

June  21. 

do 

returned  to  treasury . 

34 

8 2,450 

32 

00 

Approved  by  the  Com  mi  tree. 

D.  E.  JONES, 

W.  E.  THOMPSON. 


STATIONERY  ACT  OF  SECRET’RY 


1874.  Or. 

July  6.  To  amount  of  estimate  for  ensuing  year $ 250  00 


Dec.  4. 

To  amount  paid  Stone  Albright  & Co 

$ 11 

00 

44  4. 

do 

AYiiliford 

37 

30 

44  4. 
1875. 

do 

B.  F.  31oore 

6 

00 

Jan.  6. 

do 

It.  & T.  A.  Ennis 

23 

40 

44  6. 

do 

Freight  on  books 

1 

60 

44  G. 

do 

For  bill  stationery,  SeereFry 

8 

20 

April  7. 

do 

Caldwell  & Cline,  stationery 

23  45 

3!ay  5. 

do 

Caldwell  & Cline  stationery 

12 

£0 

Jun.  15. 

do 

Caldwell  & Cline,  stationery 
returned  to  treasury 

15 

75 

44  21. 

do 

110 

80 

$ 250  00 


Approved  by  the  Committee, 


I).  E.  JONES, 

W.  F.  THOMPSON. 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY 


■8$ 


STATE  SCRIP  ACT  OF  SECRETARY. 

A ATT  CURRENT  EXPENSE  FUND  WITH  STATE  TREASURER 


1874.  Dr, 

Julj'  24.  To  amount  State  Scrip  deposited  with  State  Treas- 
urer to  our  credit  by  old  Treasurer,  Current 
Expense  Fund $15,000  00 

1875.  Cft, 

May  4.  By  ain’t  Scrip  ordered  per  D.  E.  Jones, .$11, 000  00 
June  21.  By  balance  in  Treasurer’s  hands,  subject 

to  order  of  Secretary 4.000  00 

$15,000  00 


Approved  by  Committee. 

D,  E.  JONES, 

W.  E.  THOMPSON, 

Committee. 


LABOR  ACCOUNT. 


1874.  Dr, 

July  6 No  estimate  made — carried  to  Farm  Account $517  83 

1874.  Cr. 

In  month  of  July,  paid  for  preceding  year,  ....  . . 25  00 

in  month  of  Juiy,  paid  for  preceding  year 4 85 

In  month  of  September  33  50 

In  month  of  October 76  25 

In  month  of  November  . 25  24 

In  month  of  December 1 36  75 

1875. 

In  month  of  January 20  72 

In  month  of  February 61  77 

In  months  of  March  and  April 66  57 

In  months  of  May  and  June  166  67 

$517  83 


Approved  by  Committee. 

D.  E.  JONES, 

W.  E.  THOMPSON, 
Committee-. 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY' 


$4 


CURRENT  EXPENSE  ACCOUNT-OF 
SECRETARY. 


1874.  No.  Vouch. 


July' 

7. 

1,  By 

warrant  to  J.  M.  Johnson,  trustee  expenses, $ 

60  00 

u 

7. 

do 

M.  F.  Lake,  trustee  expenses,.. 

10  20 

a 

7. 

do 

A.  YV.  Bishop,  trustee  expenses 

7 00 

u 

7. 

L 

do 

M.  A.  Cohn,  agent  of  Board... 

180  00 

a 

7. 

0, 

do 

A.  W.  Bishop,  salarv 

5 55 

u 

7. 

9, 

do 

A.  YV.  Binsmore,  trus.  & comin’u 

27  00 

u 

7. 

G 

do 

B.  E.  Jones  trustee  expenses  .. 

41  50 

u 

7. 

N 

do 

YV.  1).  C.  Botetuhr,  sai.  last  y’r 

50  00 

u 

7. 

9, 

do 

W.  J Waggoner,  labor  on  farm 

2 25 

u 

7. 

lu? 

do 

Bev.  W.  li.  Gillam,  orator,  exp’s 

20  00 

u 

7. 

ii, 

00 

W.  JL).  C.  Botetuhr,  salary  . . . 

106  66 

u 

7. 

13, 

do 

LeBrun,  bal.  on  band  instruni’ts 

199  9u 

it 

7. 

lo, 

do 

Botefuhr  & Springer,  furniture 

10  00 

u 

7. 

H 

do 

M.  B.  Wright,  tiling  saws 

2 60 

a 

7. 

1^, 

do 

E.  B.  & W.  B.  Moore,  printing... 

16  00 

Aug. 

12. 

lu, 

do 

L.  Gregg,  telegram 

8 70 

12. 

do 

A.  YV.  Bishop,  cu’ge  on  reports 

. 1 00 

a 

12. 

2i, 

do 

J.  H.  Bell,  labor  on  farm 

25  00 

u 

12. 

22, 

do 

Reed  & Ferguson,  lumber 

87  44 

u 

12. 

28, 

do 

E.  (J.  A bsalom,  repairs,  vouch. 45 

34  00 

>6 

12. 

do 

A.  W.  Binsmore,  incidentals.  . 

9 30 

12. 

ZOy 

do 

Madison  Babcock,  maps  &globes 

93  90 

it 

12. 

26, 

do 

Jernigan  & Botefuhr,  sundries 

58  95 

Sept. 

8. 

37, 

do 

Pres.  Bishop,  postage  on  rep’ts 

19  05 

a 

8. 

3s, 

do 

President  Bishop,  sundries 

2 25 

a 

8. 

3d, 

do 

Jernigan  & Botefuhr,  cutting  rye 

7 50 

u 

y. 

ti  \J, 

do 

A.  S.  Gregg,  fr’t  on  arms  & am’n 

90  00 

u 

y. 

8i, 

do 

J.  H.  Bell,  labor  on  farm 

30  00 

a 

y. 

o2, 

do 

Baum  & Bros.,  barrels 

4 00 

u 

y. 

o3, 

do 

C.  M.  Oliver,  work  on  farm 

3 50 

u 

y. 

04:, 

do 

Jernigan  & Botetuhr,  sundries . . 

10  30 

u 

y. 

3o, 

do 

E.  B & YV.  B.  Moore, advertising 

42  60 

a 

y. 

8o, 

do 

Sec’y  Binsmore,  blank  books, &c 

15  5y 

u 

y. 

87, 

do 

President  Bishop,  postage.  . . . 

5 71 

u 

y 

88, 

do 

Prof.  Banks,  compass 

82  00 

u 

y. 

3y, 

do 

0.  0.  Gray,  pek’g  & ship’g  books 

13  25 

u 

y. 

40, 

do 

A.  W.  Bishop,  R R frt  ord  &arms 

137  70 

it 

y. 

41, 

do 

Jno.  Rainwater,  lumber 

4 72 

u 

9. 

44, 

do 

A.  W.  Bishop,  fr’srht  on  reports 

26  50 

a 

y. 

4ot 

do 

E.  C Absalom,  repairs  

8 00 

Nov 

9. 

48*; 

do 

Prof  N.  P.  Gates,  salary  

200  00 

u 

* 9. 

40 

_ J 

do 

Prof.  O C.  Gray,  salary 

200  00 

a 

6. 

00 
_ y 

do 

Prof.  T.  L.  Thompson,  salary.. 

75  00 

tt 

(5. 

5l 

do 

Prof.  C.  H.  Leverett,  salary.  ... 

100  00 

u 

(5. 

oz 

do 

Prof.  James  Mitchell,  salary — 

150  00 

t. 

6. 

s3; 

do 

Mrs.  F.  L.  Sutton,  salary 

50  00 

a 

6. 

54, 

do 

Pr  >f.  YV.  B.  C-.  Botefuhr,  salary 

75  00 

ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY 


85 


1874.  No.  Vouch. 


ov. 

6. 

55,  By 

warrant 

to  Jernigan  & Botefuhr,  grass  seed$ 

57  25 

a 

6 

58, 

do 

Prof.  Thompson,  sun.  stud.  lab. 

30  37 

a 

6. 

59, 

do 

Miller  & Allen,  repairs  on  ord’ee 

8 40 

u 

G. 

Go, 

do 

M.  Coffey,  smithing 

7 60 

a 

6. 

«1, 

do 

Wra,  Askew,  labor  on  farm  . . . 

8 70 

a 

6. 

6-> 

do 

J.  H.  Bell,  labor  on  farm.  . . . 

11  18 

ll 

6. 

63, 

do 

Rainwater,  lumber..  . 

4 12 

il  . 

6. 

61, 

do 

E.  C.  Absalom,  work  on  armory 

21  15 

.1 

6. 

65, 

do 

Eldridge  & Bro.  stationery.  . . 

3 13 

41 

6. 

68, 

do 

E.  Shook,  labor  on  farm 

7 97 

a 

G. 

07, 

do 

President  Bishop,  postage  . . . 

10  51 

a 

6. 

68, 

do 

E.  C.  Absalom,  repairs. 

8 15 

a 

6. 

68, 

do 

J.  H.  Bell,  labor  on  farm 

E.  S.  Shook,  janitor  2 months. 

18  03 

a 

6. 

70, 

do 

10  00 

a 

G. 

71, 

do 

Fresid’t  Bishop,  sundry  janitors 

47  40 

G. 

72, 

do 

II.  C.  Barnett,  brooms 

4 00 

“ 

G. 

73, 

do 

11.  G.  Coors,  librarian  2 months 

12  00 

>oc. 

4. 

75, 

do 

I).  Appleton,  books  

1 13 

a 

4. 

i C 

do 

Stone,  A 1 bright  & Co.,  static  n’ry 

24  20 

u 

4. 

78, 

do 

M.  F.  Lake,  postage  

1 00 

il 

4. 

79, 

do 

B.  F.  Moore,  printing ... 

6 00 

a 

4. 

80, 

do 

W.  A.  Banks,  apparatus . 

80  00 

il 

4. 

81, 

do 

Baum  & Bros.,  incidentals  . . . 

50 

.1 

4. 

82, 

do 

G.VV.Williford,station’y  & books 

60  80 

il 

4. 

83. 

do 

President  Bishop,  postage.... 

2 50 

il 

4. 

84, 

do 

Van  Buren  Pres-,  advertising 

17  50 

it 

4. 

85, 

do 

P VanWinkle,  lumber  

11  11 

il 

4. 

86. 

do 

E.  C.  Absalom,  repairs 

8 10 

il 

4. 

87, 

do 

B.  F.  Wallis,  janitor 

8 00 

il 

4. 

88, 

do 

E.  Pape,  janitor  

8 00 

a 

4. 

89, 

do 

W.  J.  Waggener,  

10  00 

a 

4. 

90, 

do 

E.  S.  Shook,  janitor. 

11.  G.  Coors,  librarian  ...... 

5 00 

<i 

4. 

91, 

do 

6 00 

a 

4. 

92, 

do 

Prof.  Thompson,  students  labor 

25  74 

a 

4. 

9 >, 

do 

S.  F.  Paddock,  chemicals...... 

21  25 

“ 4. 

1875. 

94, 

do 

W.  Z.  Mayes,  ac’t  al’d  by  old  B’d 

42  00 

an. 

6. 

95, 

do 

R.  & T.  A.  Ennis,  stationery... 

23  40 

u 

6. 

96, 

do 

Cravens  & Smith,  freight 

Secretary  Dinsmore,  books 

1 60 

a 

6. 

97, 

do 

8 20 

a 

6. 

98, 

do 

II.  G.  Coors,  librarian 

G 00 

a 

6. 

99, 

do 

C.  A.  Pape,  janitor 

W.  F.  Coors,  janitor 

8 00 

u 

6. 

100, 

do 

3 00 

u 

6. 

101, 

do 

A.  W . Bishop,  post’g  & legal  fees 

4 75 

ti 

6. 

102, 

do 

M.  Coffey,  repairs  and  irons. 

6 75 

n 

G. 

103, 

do 

John  Ayres,  work  on  armory 

1 45 

a 

G. 

104, 

do 

E.  B.  & W.  B.  Moore.  avertisnFt 

30  00 

i. 

6. 

105, 

do 

Sam.  Bard,  advertisement.  . . . 

19  00 

a 

6. 

107, 

108, 

do 

Prof.  N.  P.  Gates,  salary 

Prof.  O.  C.  Gray,  salary 

500  00 

a 

6. 

do 

366  66 

a 

6. 

109, 

do 

Prof.  T.  L.  Thompson,  salary . . 

425  00 

86 


ARKANS is  INDUSTRIAL  university. 


1875.  Uo.  Vouch. 


Jan. 

6.  110,  By 

warran  t 

to  Prof.  C.  II.  Leverett,  salary  . . $ 

466  66 

d 

6.  Ill, 

do 

Prof.  James  Mitchell,  salary  . . 

350  00 

u 

6.  112, 

do 

Mrs.  F.  L.  Sutton,  salary 

150  00 

u 

6.  113, 

do 

Prof.  W.  D.  C.  Botefuhr,  salary 

1 669 

u 

6.  114, 

do 

Miss  Mary  It.  Gorton,  salary 

566  66 

c. 

6.  115, 

. do 

A.  W.  Bishoo,  salary 

900  00 

a 

6.  117, 

do 

Botefuhr  & Springer,  seats 

24  90 

u 

6.  118, 

do 

E.  S.  Shook  janitor 

5 00 

a 

6.  119, 

do 

B.  F.  Wallis, * janitor ..  . 

8 0o 

u 

6.  120, 

do 

Johnson  A Carter,  sheep  pelts 

2 00 

a 

6.  121, 

do 

O.  C.  Gray,  instruments 

11  20 

a 

6.  122, 

do 

W.  F.  doors,  cutting  wood  . . ■ 

3 00 

u 

6.  123, 

do 

Prof.  Thompson  farm  labor.  . . . 

30  30 

'l 

6,  124, 

do 

W.  J.  Waggoner,  janitor  

10  00 

a 

6.  125, 

do 

E.  C.  Absalom,  repairs 

5 50 

u 

6.  126, 

do 

M Coffey,  smithing 

8 80 

Feb. 

6.  129, 

do 

Jernigan  & Botefuhr,  sundries 

5 90 

it 

6.  130, 

do 

Farm  labor,  per  Bishop, 

6 46 

6.  131. 

do 

N”.  P.  Gates  text  books 

10  50 

6.  132, 

do 

E.  S.  Shook,  janitor 

5 00 

6.  133, 

do 

C . E Pape,  janitor . . . 

8 00 

(. 

6.  134, 

do 

W.  H.  Lockhart,  janitor 

8 00 

6 135, 

do 

VV.  J . Waggener,  janitor 

9 00 

l i 

6.  136, 

do 

H.  G.  Coors,  librarian 

6 00 

tt 

6.  137, 

do 

W.  F.  l oors,  janitor 

3 20 

it 

6.  138, 

do 

A.  W.  Bishop,  books 

20  24 

“ 

6.  139, 

do 

C.  Jackson  & Co.,  privy  boxes 

6 50 

6.  140, 

do 

President  Bishop,  books 

21  60 

Mar. 

4.  143, 

do 

\VT.  F.  Coors,  janitor. 

5 30 

a 

4.  144, 

do 

President  Bishop,  postage.  . . . 

5 00 

i. 

4.  145, 

do 

II.  C . Barnett,  brooms 

1 50 

i. 

4.  148, 

do 

C.  E Pape,  janitor 

8 00 

St 

4.  147, 

do 

IP.  G.  Coors,  librarian 

6 25 

a 

4 148, 

do 

E S.  Shook,  janitor.. 

5 00 

a 

4.  149, 

do 

J.  H.  Beil,  labor  on  farm 

9 00 

a 

4.  150, 

do 

W.  H.  Lockhart,  janitor 

8 00 

a 

4.  151, 

do 

Democrat,  printing 

6 00 

Mar 

4.  152, 

do 

W.  J . Waggener 

30  00 

u 

4.  153, 

do 

Sundry  students,  per  Bishop.. 

11  75 

u 

4.  156, 

do 

Keed  & Ferguson,  freight 

3 50 

t 

4.  157, 

do 

J.  P.  Martin,  Janitor 

4 50 

a 

4.  158, 

do 

W.  J.  Waggener,  Janitor 

1 50 

it 

4.  159, 

do 

O.  C.  Gray,  surve\  ors  chain . . 

4 50 

a 

4.  160, 

do 

E.  C.  Absalom,  repairs 

6 55 

April  7.  162, 

do 

M.  F.  Lake,  expenses  as  trustee 

57  00 

tt 

7.  163, 

do 

L.  Gregg,  expenses  as  trustee 

43  25 

u 

7.  164, 

do 

A.  W.  Dinsmore,  tr’stee,  com'n 

100  35 

u 

7.  165, 

do 

M.  Garrett,  farm  labor 

7 00 

u 

7.  166, 

do 

J.  Johnson,  sheep  pelt 

50 

a 

7.  167, 

do 

Sundry  students,  farm  labor... 

50  77 

u 

7.  168, 

do 

W.  J.  Waggener,  tutor 

30  00 

ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


87 


1875.  JSTo.  Vouch. 


April 

7. 

160,  By 

warrant  to  E.  S.  Shook,  Janitor 

5 00 

u 

7. 

170 

do 

J.  H.  Bell,  care  of  mules 

3 00 

i . 

7. 

171 

do 

II  G.  Coors,  tutor 

2 40 

“ 

7. 

172 

do 

W.  F.  Coors,  Janitor 

5 00 

u 

7. 

173 

do 

W.  FI.  Lockhart,  Janitor 

8 00 

u 

7. 

174 

do 

C.  E.  Pape,  Janitor 

8 90 

u 

7. 

1 75 

do 

II.  G.  Coors,  Librarian 

6 00 

u 

7. 

176 

do 

J.  P.  Martin,  Janitor 

8 40 

a 

7. 

177 

do 

I).  C.  Bolin  o'er,  tutor 

2 40 

u 

7. 

178 

do 

Miss  E.  Bridgford,  tutor.  . . . 

2 40 

u 

7. 

179 

do 

Miss  S.  E.  Harris,  tutor 

2 80 

u 

7. 

180 

do 

W.  Mcllroy,  mule  hire 

1 00 

a 

7. 

181 

do 

John  Ayres,  tutor 

4 40 

a 

7. 

182 

do 

Pres.  Bishop,  report  of  aects 

4 00 

a 

7. 

183 

do 

W.  J.  Waggener,  phil.  aphatus 

8 00 

7. 

184 

do 

Stone  Albright  & Co.  incidnt’ls 

4 43 

u 

7. 

.185 

do 

Caldwell  <fc  Cline,  stationery 

23  45 

a 

7. 

186 

do 

President  Bishop,  postage  . . . 

4 45 

a 

7. 

187 

do 

Caldwell  & Cline,  map  board.. 

12  00 

a 

7. 

188 

do 

S.  E.  Williford,  tuition  refunded 

5 00 

a 

7. 

189 

do 

Prof.  N.  P.  Gates,  sa  ary 

700  00 

a 

7 

190 

do 

Prof.  James  Mitchell,  salary.  . 

500  00 

a 

7. 

191 

do 

Miss  Mar's*  11  Gorton,  sal  try 

566  66 

a 

7. 

192 

do 

Prof.  W.  D.  C.  Botefuhr,  salary 

166  66 

' U 

7. 

193 

do 

Mrs.  F L.  Sutton,  salary 

200  00 

u 

7. 

194 

do 

President  Bishop,  salary 

900  00 

a 

7 

195 

do 

Prof.  C.  II.  Leverett,  salary... 

566  66 

a 

7. 

196 

do 

Prof.  O.  C.  Gray,  salary 

566  66 

May 

4 

200 

do 

Botefuhr  & Springer,  repairs 

5 57 

4. 

4 

201 

do 

Prof  N.  P Gates,  microscope 

104  00 

44 

4. 

202 

do 

Prof  FT.  P Gates,  physiology 

2 52 

44 

4 

203 

do 

Caldwell  & Cline,  stationery 

12  50 

a 

4. 

204 

do 

Jernigan  & Botefuhr  ineidnt’ls 

6 65 

44. 

4. 

205 

do 

Democrat,  advertising 

25  00 

4. 

206 

do 

C.  Jackson  & Co  , incidentals 

1 04 

4. 

207 

do 

J P Martin  Janitor 

8 07 

4. 

208 

do 

C.  E Pape.  Janitor 

8 00 

a 

4. 

209 

do 

W.  F Coors.  Janitor*  •*• ... 

5 00 

% t 

4. 

210 

do 

Jay  Simmons.  Janitor 

8 00 

“ 

4. 

211 

do 

E S.  Shook,  Janitor 

5 00 

4. 

212 

do 

II  G Coors,  librarian 

6 00 

44 

4 

213 

do 

A.  W.  Bishop,  postage 

1 75 

44 

4. 

214 

do 

D.  C.  Bolinger,  tutor 

8 80 

4. 

4. 

215 

do 

John  Ay  res,  tutor 

8 80 

4 . 

4. 

216 

do 

Miss  S.  E.  Harris,  tutor 

8 80 

a 

4. 

217 

do 

Miss  E.  Bridgford,  tutor 

8 80 

4. 

5. 

218 

do 

H.  G.  Coors.  tutor  

8 80 

•4 

5. 

219 

00 

M.  Cotfey.  smithing 

3 55 

a 

5. 

220 

do 

sundry  students,  labor.  Bishop 

41  82 

44 

5. 

221 

do 

M.  Garrett,  labor 

24  75 

44 

5. 

222 

do 

Dr.  P.  M.  Cox,  sundries 

1 60 

ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY 


88 


1875.  No.  Touch. 


June  15. 

223,  By 

warrant 

to  4.  H.  Bell,  corn  for  mules.  . . .$ 

10  00 

it 

15. 

224, 

do 

C E Pape,  janitor 

4 GO 

tt 

15. 

225, 

do 

Adams  & Bro.,  incidentals.  . . . 

5o 

it 

15. 

226, 

do 

Democrat,  advertisement.  . . . 

40  OO 

i. 

15. 

227, 

do 

sundry  students'  labor,  Bishop 

41  36 

a 

15. 

228, 

do 

M.  Garrett,  labor 

81  87 

a 

15. 

229, 

do 

sundry  students'  labor  for  June 

33  44 

u 

15. 

220, 

do 

Linn  Duke,  repairs 

6 41 

it 

15. 

281, 

do 

Caldwell  & Cline,  stationery... 

35  75 

t% 

15. 

9Q9 

y 

do 

Stone,  Albright  & Co.,  incid'als 

7 25 

n 

15 

233, 

do 

W.  Z.  Mayes  & Co.  erect'g  stage 

32  50 

15 

224, 

do 

President  Bishop,  postage 

34  CO 

it 

15. 

235, 

do 

Grange  Pub.  Co  , advertising 

25  CO 

u 

15. 

286, 

do 

31.  G.  Coors,  librarian 

9 60 

u 

15. 

237, 

do 

II  . G.  Coors,  tutor 

14  CO 

u 

15. 

239, 

do 

J C A v res,  tu  to  

34  0o 

u 

15. 

240, 

do 

Miss  E . Bridgeford,  tutor 

14  00 

tt 

15. 

241, 

do 

Miss  S.  E.  Harris,  tutor 

34  00 

it 

15. 

242, 

do 

Jay  Simmons,  janitor 

5 ( 0 

it 

15. 

243, 

do 

E.  S.  Shook,  janitor 

8 75 

ft 

35. 

244, 

do 

J.  P.  Martin  jan  and  carpenter 

34  75 

tt 

15. 

245, 

do 

Prof.  N.  P.  Gates,  incidentals 

1 20 

tt 

15. 

246, 

do 

W.  F.  Coors.  janitor 

7 75 

tt 

15. 

247, 

do 

A,  B.  Gordon,  use  of  cider  mill 

1 50 

a 

15. 

248, 

do 

J.  H Bell,  attending  mules.  . . . 

2 25 

it 

15. 

249, 

do 

C."  Jackson,  foot  lights 

3 90 

tt 

15. 

250, 

do 

W . F.  Coors,  work  on  arms.... 

8 CO 

u 

11. 

253, 

do 

students,  work  on  drill  grounds 

8 95 

u 

15. 

959 

do 

President  Bishop,  salary 

900  00 

tt 

15. 

253, 

do 

Prof  N.  P.  Gates,  salary 

7 00  00 

it 

15. 

254, 

do 

Prof  James  Mitchell,  salary... 

500  00 

tt 

3 5. 

255, 

do 

Mis  Mary  R.  Gorton,  salary.  . . 

566r66 

It 

3 5. 

256, 

do 

Mrs.  F.  L.  Sutton,  salary 

200  (0 

it 

15. 

257, 

do 

Prof.  W.  D.  C.  Botefuhr  salary 

166  66 

it 

15. 

258, 

do 

Prof.  C.  II.  Leveret  salary 

566  66 

June 

■ 15. 

259, 

do 

Prof.  0.  C.  Gray,  salary 

566  66 

.. 

3 5. 

260, 

do 

Prof.  W.  D.  C.  Botefuhr,  salary 

3 25  00 

$16,792  45 


AFTER  RECESS. 

Present— J.  M.  Johnson,  President  pro  tern.,  Gregg,  Lake,  J<  nos, 
Thompson  and  Dinsmore. 

The  following  was  submitted  by  Trustee  Jones  : 

Resolved , That  the  thanks  of  this  Board  are  due  and  are  hereby  tendered  to 
the  L.  R.  & F.  S.  Railway,  and  to  the  Stage  Companies  leading  to  Fayetteville 
for  their  courtesy  and  kindness  in  carrying  students  at  reduced  rates. 

Which  resol ut  on  was  unanimously  adopte  1 by  the  Board. 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


80 


The  folio  ving  was  submitted  by  Trustee  Bishop: 

Resolved.  That  the  President  of  the  University  be  and  he  is  hereby  instructed 
to  prepare  a circular  letter  for  distribution  to  the  several  County  Judges  of  the 
State,  setting  forth  the  manner  of  appointment  of  beneficiaries,  the  number  to 
which  each  County  is  entitled,  and  giving  such  other  information  as  may  be  con- 
sidered necessary  or  desirable  in  the  premises. 

The  following  was  sub  mi  ted  by  Trustee  Gregg  : 

Whereas,  The  Building  Committee  of  your  Board  has  ascertained  that  the 
new  University  building  can  be  completed  with  the  sum  of  $5000  additional  to 
the  samll  amount  of  building  funds  now  on  hands — after  the  payment  of  our 
$100,000  the  contract  must  stop  without  such  aid.  The  suspension  of  the  work 
at  this  juncture  would  prove  exceedingly  disastrous  to  all  the  interests  of  the 
University  which  now  inspires  its  friends  with  so  much  hope  and  confidence  ; 
and 

Whereas,  We  have  been  advised  that  Hon.  R.  C,  Newton,  former  State 
Treasurer  caused,  or  suffered  a deposit  of  some  $12,000  of  our  building  fund  to  be 
placed  in  the  hands  of  Stoddard  Bros.;  and 

Whereas,  The  State  Treasurer,  and  the  said  ex-State  Treasurer  have  failed 
to  pay  over  any  part  of  said  sum  : Therefore,  Be  it 

Resolved.  By  this  Board,  that  we  most  earnestly  appeal  to  the  said  ex 
Treasurer  and  the  securities  upon  his  official  bond  to  come  to  our  speedy  relief, 
by  forwarding  to  our  Secretary  the  sum  of  $5,000,00  currency,  to  enable  the 
Board  to  complete  the  contract,  and  have  the  building  ready  for  use  by  the  com- 
mencement of  next  term.  By  this  timely  aid  to  your  Building  Committee  and 
the  gentlemanly  contractors  who  are  laboring  earnestly  and  faithfully  to  carry 
out  the  contract  and  to  do  it  well,  we  shall  be  able  to  secure  an  extension  upon 
the  Twenty  per  cent  reserved  fund  which  falls  due  upon  the  completion  of  the 
building. 

Adopted. 

The  following  resolutions  were  introdu  -ed  by  Trustee  Gregg  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Treasurer  of  this  Board  demand  of  the  Treasurer  of 
State  and  ex-Treasurer  R.  C.  Newton  all  of  the  money  and  Uuited  States  bonds 
ever  placed  in  the  treasury  of  the  State  by  or  for  the  Arkansas  Industrial  Uni- 
versity. 

Resolved  further , That  if  all  sums  of  money  or  Unired  States  bonds  to 
which  said  University  is  entitled  are  not  paid  over  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  Board 
upon  such  demand,  that  our  Executive  Committee  be  and  are  hereby  authorized 
and  instructed  to  take  such  action  as  they  may  deem  proper  to  recover  said 
funds. 

Adopted. 

On  motion  of  Trustee  Bishop,  it  was  ordered  that  the  distribution 
of  public  printing  shall  be  left  with  the  Executive  Committee. 

The  Treasurer  presented  his  account  of  interest  in  Washington 
county  and  Fayetteville  bonds.  Referred  to  the  Committee  on  Fi- 
nance. 

On  motion  of  Trustee  Bishop,  the  Secretary  was  ordered  .to  issue 

6* 


90 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY 


his  warrant  for  $75  00  in  scrip  to  Prof  Janies  Mitchell  as  compensation 
for  services  as  assistant  Secretary.  On  further  motion  of  Trustee 
Bishop,  it  was  ordered  that  warrant  issue  to  A.  W.  Dinsmore  for  the 
sum  of  $500,00  state  scrip,  as  compensation  for  his  services  as  Secre- 
tary of  the  Board  for  the  past  year. 

The  C >mmittee  on  Finance  reported  on  thn  Treasurer's  account  of 
interest  on  County  and  City  bonds  as  follows: 


We  have  examined  the  following  statement  of  the  Treasurer  on  interest  due 
on  bonds,  and  find  it  correct. 

A.  W.  DINSMORE, 

D.  E.  JONES, 

W.  E.  THOMPSON, 

Committee. 


Received  and  adopted. 


TREASURER’S  ACCOUNT 

OF  INTEREST  ON  BONDS  OF  THE  COUNTY  OF  WASHING- 
TON AND  TOWN  OF  FAYETTEVILLE. 

1874.  Dr. 
Aug.  10.  To  coupons  on  Fayetteville  bonds,  interest  due 

July  1st,  1874 $ 1,200  00 

1875. 

March  1.  To  coupons  on  Fayetteville  bonds,  interest  due 

January  1st,  1875  1,200  00 

“ 1,  To  coupons  on  bonds  of  Washington  county,  inter- 
est due  July  1st,  1874 4,000  00 

“ To  coupons  on  bonds  of  Washington  county,  inter- 
est due  January  1st,  1875.... 4,000  00 


Amount $10,400  00 


1874.  Cr. 

Aug.  10.  By  cash,  cr.  to  current  expense  account.. $ 500  00 

1875. 

Jan.  15.  By  cash,  cr.  to  current  expense  account.  7,200  00 
June  21.  By  cash,  cr.  to  current  expense  account..  500  00 

$ 8,200  00 

Balance  on  coupons $ 2,200  00 

Which  is  now  on  deposit  with  D.  D.  Stark  & Co.— see  Exhibit  “A,” 
appended. 


The  Committee  on  Finance  submitted  the  following  report  on 
Peabody  fund  : 

We  have  examined  the  statement  of  the  Peabody  fund,  and  find  the  same 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY.  01 


correct,  and  we  recommend  that  it  be  held  subject  to  the  order  of  the  President 
of  the  University, 

A.  YV.  D1NSMORE, 

D,  E.  JONES, 

YV.  E.  THOMPSON, 

Committee. 


Received  and  adopted  by  the  Board. 


TREASURER’S  PEABODY  FUND 
STATEMENT. 


1875.  Dr. 

To  amount  received  from  Dr.  B.  Sears,  Agent  of  Peabody  fund  .$500  00 


1875.  No.  Voucher. 


Cr. 


Jan.  13.  1. 

“ 13.  2. 

“ 16.  3. 

“ 16.  4. 


By  am’t  paid  W.  J.  Waggoner,  normal  student.. $ 50  00 
By  am’t  paid  for  text  books  for  normal  students  25  20 

By  am’t  paid  Eva  McCart.  a normal  student 50  00 

By  am’t  paid  Mrs.  Jennie  Rich,  normal  student...  12  00 


Balance 


$137  20 
,$362  80 


On  motion,  it  was  ordered  that  the  Executive  Committee  have  two 
hundred  copies  of  the  Annual  Report  bound  in  boards,  and  eight  hun- 
dred with  paper  covers,  for  distribution. 

The  Finance  Committee  presented  their  report  upon  the  report  of 
the  Faculty  referred  to  them,  and  reported  their  estimates  for  neces- 
sary appropriations  for  the  ensuing  year: 

REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE. 

ESTIMATED  CURRENT  EXPENSES  FOR  THE  ENSUING  YEAR,  AS  SUGGESTED  BY 

THE  SECRETARY. 


Salaries  of  professors $15,000  00 

Expenses  of  farm. 1,000  00 

Estimate  for  janitors 600  00 

Estimate  for  philosophical  apparatus 500  00 

Estimate  for  engineering  and  mathematics 500  00 

Estimate  for  chemicals 1,500  00 

Estimate  for  salary  of  Secretary,  State  scrip 500  00 

Expenses  of  Trustees  and  Committeemen 1,000  00 

Estimate  for  stationery 200  00 

Estimate  for  postage 150  00 

Estimate  for  printing. 200  00 


$21,150  00 


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KaTI Mated  receipts  for  the  ensuing  year. 


Cash  on  hand $ 2,000  00 

Tuition  and  matriculation  fees 2,500  On 

Interest  on  Washington  county  bonds 8,000  00 

Interest  on  Fayetteville  bonds 2,400  00 

Coupons  over  due 2,200  00 

Balance  State  scrip,  current  expense  fund,  at4Uc . 1,120  00 


$18,220  00 

Leaving  a balance  to  be  supplied  by  appropriation  of. $ 2,930  00 

ESTIMATE  OF  AMOUNTS  NECESSARY  FOR  COMPLETION  OF  UNIVERSITY  BUILD- 
ING, IMPROVEMENT  OF  GROUNDS,  &C. 


Improvement  of  University  grounds.. . « $ 1,000  00 

Bell  for  tower l.<>00  00 

2  cisterns,  capacity  1,200  gallons 800  00 

2 torce  pumps — pipes,  hose  and  cocks « 435  00 

Well  house  and  buckets 35  00 

116  window  curtains  (shades) 330  00 

120  seats  for  chapel,  at  $7  50  each 900  00 

Fitting  up  chapel,  elevating  floor,  stage,  &c 500  00 

81  double  cane  bottom  chairs 134  00 

3 chandeliers,  side  lights  and  lamps  for  chapel «...  300  00 

3 chandeliers,  with  lamps  for  corridors 200  00 

4 bracket  lamps  for  offices 30  00 

2 chandeliers  and  lamps  for  cloak  room 50  00 

1 chandelier  and  lamp,  side  light  for  library 60  00 

Book  and  cabinet  cases  for  library * 600  00 

Tables  and  desks  for  library 100  00 

Center  table  for  office 25  00 

Library  and  reading  books,  periodicals  agricultural,  mechanical  and 

sientific 800  00 

Shops  and  tobls  for  mechanical  department « 1,000  00 

Amount  necessary  to  meet  contract  on  completion  of  U uiversity  bTding  31,800  00 
Balance  of  estimate  for  current  expenses  for  the  year  after  disburse- 
ment of  all  incomes 2,930  00 


Total  amount  necessary  to  be  met  by  appropriation,  unless  payment 
of  U.  S.  bonds  and  currency  deposited  with  Stoddard  Bros  be 


made ... 4,0329  00 

A.  W.  DINSMORE, 

D.  E.  JONES. 

W.  F.  THOMPSON. 

The  report  was.  on  motion,  received  and  adopted  by  the  Board. 
The  Board  took  a recess  till  8 p.  ra. 


AFTER  RECESS. 

Present— J . M.  Johnson,  presiding;  Bishop,  Lake,  Gregg,  Jones, 
Thompson  and  Dinsmore. 

The  following  was  submitted  and  adopted  : 

Resolved , That  the  Secretary  be  instructed  to  address  Gen.  A.  W.  Bishop 
and  Rev.  VV.C.  Stout  asking  copies  of  their  addresses  delivered  on  commence- 
ment day  in  University  hall,  for  publication  in  the  annual  report. 


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0>i  motion  of  Trustee  B shop,  it  was  ordered  that  the  Executive 
Co  nmitteo  pass  upon  the  account  of  D.  I).  Stark  & Co*  for  interest  due 
on  money  advanced. 

President  A.  VY\  Bishop,  Chairman  of  the  Executive  Committee, 
presented  the  following  report  of  said  Committee,  viz: 

To  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Arkansas  Industrial  University  : 

Your  Committee  respectfully  report  that  subsequently  to  the  last  annual  ses*- 
sion  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  they  duly  elected  Under  the  power  vested  in  them, 
Col  O.  C Gray,  A.  M , late  President  ol  St  John’s  college,  as  professor  of  Mathe- 
matics and  Civil  Engineering,  and  Professor  Janies  Mitchell,  A.  B.,  late  of  Cane 
Hill  c dlege  as  professor  of  History  and  English  Literature,  and  employed  Pro- 
fessor \Y.  D.  C Boteluhr  as  teacher  of  German  for  one  term.  After  the  death  of 
Professor  T.  L.  Thompson,  Which  sad  event  took  place  on  the  3d  of  February 
last,  it  became  necessary  to  employ  students  to  some  extent  to  aid  the  teaching 
force  of  the  University.  This  teaching  was  confined  mainly  to  the  Preparatory 
department,  and  was  successfully  done.  Your  Committee  further  report  that 
their  principal  du  y during  the  year  has  been  the  auditing  and  ordering  the  pay- 
ments of  the  current  accounts  against  the  University,  all  of  which  so  far  as 
your  committee  are  advise  l.  h ive  been  actc  1 upon,  and  when  reasonable  and 
just,  have  been  paid. 

A*  W.  BISHOP, 

Chairman  Ex.  Com. 

L.  GREGG, 

A.  VV.  DIN  SMOKE, 

J.  M.  JOHNSON* 

On  motion,  the  report  was  approved  and  adopted* 

PROCEEDINGS  ON  THE  DEATH  OF  PROF.  T.  L.  THOMPSON* 

The  following  preamble  and  resolutions  were  submitted  by  Presi- 
dent Bishop* 

Whereas,  T.  L.  Thompson,  professor  of  Theoretical  and  applied  Chemistry 
in  the  University,  died  suddenly,  of  pneumonia  on  the  3d  day  of  February  last, 

Resolved , That  this  Board  are  profoundly  sensible  of  the  great  loss  the  Uni- 
versity has  thus  sustained*  and  they  take  occasion  to  put  upon  record  their  high 
regard  for  and  united  confidence  in  Professor  Thompson  as  an  instructor  and  a 
man.  His  acquaintance  with  the  specialty  that  he  taught  was  conspicuous  ; his 
clearness  and  facility  in  illustration  and  experiment  gratifying  to  a high  degree  \ 
and  the  institution  will  be  peculiarly  fortunate  if  it  secures  his  equal  as  a suc- 
cessor* 

The  preamble  and  resolutions  were  adopted. 

The  Comittee  on  Finance  reported  as  follows  upon  the  following 
abstract  of  accounts  presented  by  Secretary  Dinsmore,  and  referred 
to  them : 

The  following  abstract  showing  the  expenditures  as  compared  with  the  ap- 
propriations made  by  the  Board  at  its  last  annual  meeting,  has  been  examined 


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and  found  correct,  and  we  recommend  the  balances  to  be  turned  back  into  the* 
treasury . 

I).  E.  JONES, 

W.  E.  THOMPSON. 

Which  was  approved  and  adopted. 


ABSTRACT  OF  ANN.  APPROPRIA- 
TIONS AND  EXPENDITURES. 

Dr. 

Cb  exp’nded  Unexpnded 

Exhibit  A 

Ca«h  received,  and  turned  over  to 

$134,998.60 
SCO. 00 

..  B 

the  Treasurer 

Farm  estimate 

$134,998.60 
539  98 

$ 260  02 

“•  C 

Furniture  estimate 

50.00 

10  00 

40.0.  > 

“ D 

stationery  estimate 

250.00 

139  20 

110.80 

“ E 

Library,  estimate 

350  00 

226.74 

123.26 

*•  F 

Apparatus  estimate  

1,000  00 

284  70 

715  30 

“ G 

Estimate  for  chemicals 

1 500 .00 

8.40 

491.60 

“ 11 

Building  fund,  cash  received 

: 81.773.03 

80.418.45! 

1 .355  48 

; [l 

Educational  estimate 

: 14  700.00 

13,450.60; 

1,249.41 

« J 

Janitor  $350 1 
Mis’laneous  Treasurer  500  | 

and  Secretary  500  f T of 1! 

j 

2,450,00 

2,415.68; 

34.32 

K 

Irfdent’ls  Bd  me’ting  1000  | 
Postage  100  j 

Labor  account  charged  in  farm 

No  Est.  ! 

517.83; 

“ L 

account 

State  warrant,  current  expense 
account  with  State  Treasurer i 

1 

i 

1 

15,000.00 

1 

11,000.00| 

* 4.000  00 

^Deposited  with  State  Treasurer. 


A.  W.  BISHOP,  Treasurer, 

IN  ACCOUNT  WITH 

^HE  J/\f|KAN£A£  JnDU^TF(IAL  I VERITY. 


NORMAL  BRANCH  FUND. 

1875.  Du. 

June  17.  To  cash  on  hand  May  2,  1875,  drawing  interest  at 

6 per  cent,  per  annum $ 2,414  1G 

“ 17.  To  State  scrip  on  hand  of  Normal  Branch  Fund, 

deposited  as  follows  : 

With  D.  D.  Stark,  Fayetteville 13,011  75 

With  Merchants' National  Bank,  Little  Lock,,.  8,000  00 


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On  motion  of  Trustee  Dinsmore.  Prof.  O.  C.  Gray  was  duly  elected 
to  fill  permanently  the  chair  of  Mathematics  and  Civil  Engineering 
and  Prof.  James  Mitchell  the  chair  of  History  and  English  Literature 
in  the  Arkansas  Industrial  University. 

On  motion  of  Trustee  Bishop,  Mrs.  F.  L.  Sutton  was  appointed 
Preceptress  of  the  Training  School  for  the  ensuing  year. 

The  following  schedule  of  salaries  was  adopted  for  the  ensuing 


year : 

President  of  the  University $2,700  CO 

Principal  of  the  Normal  Department ..  2, ICO  00 

Professor  Ancient  Languages  and  Literature. 1,700  00 

Professor  Mathematics  and  Civil  Engineering 1,700  00 

Professor  Theoretical  and  Applied  Chemistry 1,700  00 

Professor  History  and  English  Literature 1,700  00 

Preceptress  Normal  Department 1,700  00 

Instructress  Tmining  School 800  00 

Professor  of  Music 500  00 


On  motion  of  Trustee  Jones,  the  following  Trustees  were  appointed 
as  the  Executive  Committee  for  the  ensuing  year: 

Messrs.  Dinsmore,  Johnson,  Gregg,  Lake  and  the  President  of  the 
University 

On  motion  of  Trustee  Jor.es,  Messrs.  Gregg,  Dinsmore  and  Lake 
were  continued  as  Building  Committecvfor  the  ensuing  year. 

On  motion,  Messrs.  Jones,  Dinsmore  and  Thompson  were  consti- 
tuted as  Finance  Committee  for  the  ensuing  year. 

On  motion,  Messrs.  Johnson,  Walker  and  Lake  were  appointed  a 
Committee  on  By-Laws  for  the  year. 

The  Committee  on  By-Laws  recommended  that  Art.  1,  See  2 of 
our  By-Laws  be  so  changed  that  the  Board  shall  hereafter  meet  on 
Wednesday  of  commencement  week,  at  12  m in  the  University  build- 
ing. 

Adopted  by  the  Board. 

The  following  was  introduced  by  Trustee  Thompson,  and  adopted. 

Resolved , That  all  male  beneficiaries  who  may  heieafter  be  appointed  in  the 
University,  with  the  exception  of  Noimal  students,  shall  be  required  to  take  a 
course  in  Agriculture  aud  Mechanics,  with  permission  to  select  such  other 
studies  as  circumstances  would  allow. 

The  following  was  submitted  by  Trustee  Jones: 

Resolved,  That  the  resignation  of  Gen.  A.  W.  Bishop,  President  of  the 
Arkansas  Industrial  University,  now  lying  upon  our  table,  be  and  the  same  is 
hereby  accepted. 


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ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


Resolved , That  in  accepting  the  resignation  of  President  Bishop,  the 
Trustees  of  the  Arkansas  industrial  University  feel  it  hut  just  to  express  their 
commendation  of  the  energy  with  which  he  has  performed  the  duties  of  his 
office,  and  his  indefatigable  efforts  both  personal  and  epistolary  to  awaken  a gen- 
eral interest  throughout  the  State  in  the  practical  success  of  the  University  ; and 
wTe  hereby  tender  him  our  best  wishes  for  his  success  in  life,  wherever  his  lot 
may  be  cast,  and  in  whatever  sphere  or  profession  he  mav  elect. 

All  of  which  was  adopted  by  the  Board. 

The  following  was  submitted  by  Trustee  Jones  : 

Resolved , That  the  selection  of  a President  of  the  Arkansas  Industrial 
University  be  for  the  present,  postponed,  and  that  the  Executive  Committee  ot 
our  Board  be  authorized  to  employ  a suitable  person  to  till  the  chair  at  a salary 
not  exceeding  $3,000  per  annum. 

The  following  resolution  was  introduced  by  Trustee  Jones: 

Resolved , That  ex-President  Bishop  be  requested  to  .present  our  claims  to 
the  Governor  and  the  Legislature,  and  urge  upon  them  the  great  necessity  and 
importance  of  making  the  necessary  appropriations  to  enable  us  to  complete  the 
building  and  carry  on  the  University  in  all  its  departments. 

Adopted. 

On  motion  of  Trustee  Gregg,  the  acting  President  and  Secretary 
of  the  Board  are  hereby  authorized  to  approve  and  sign  the  Journal. 

On  motion,  the  Board  adjourned  sine  die. 


[Signed] 


A.  W.  DINSMORE, 

Secretary. 


J.  M.  JOHNSON, 
President  pro  tem. 


RULES  AND  BY-LAWS 


FOR  THE 


OF  THE 


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WITH  A NORMAL  DEPARTMENT  TDEUEIN 


ARTICLE  I. 

MEETINGS  OF  THE  BOARD. 

Section  1.  All  meetings  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  shall  be  held  at  the  seat  of 
the  University,  in  \N  ashington  county,  Arkansas. 

Sec.  2.  The  regular  annual  meeting  of  the  Board  shall  be  held  on  Monday 
of  commencement  week  of  each  year. 

Sec.  3.  Special  meetings,  when  necessary,  may  be  called  by  the  President  or 
any  three  (3)  members  of  the  Board  petitioning  the  President,  who  shall  mail  to 
each  member  of  the  Board  or  personally  serve  him  with  a copy  of  such  call  at 
least  twenty  (20 ) days  before  the  day  of  meeting : Provided , 1 hat  the  business 
to  be  attended  to  at  such  meeting  shall  be  specified  in  such  call  or  notice. 


ARTICLE  II. 

ORDER  OF  BUSINESS. 

Section  1.  First . Calling  roll  of  members. 

Second . Reading  of  minutes  of  previous  meetings. 
Third.  Receiving  reports  of  standing  committees. 
Fourth.  Consideration  of  communications. 

Fifth.  Report  of  officers. 

Sixth.  Reports  of  special  committees. 

Seventh.  Consideration  of  unfinished  business. 

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ARTICLE  III. 

BULKS  0-f  DEBATE. 

Section.  1.  In  discussion  and  the  disposition  of  business,  the  Board  shall 
be  governed  by  the  parliamentary  rules  and  usages  governing-  deliberative- 
bodies. 

Sec.  2.  Every  resolution  offered  shall  bo- reduced  to  writing  and  sent  to  the 
Secretary’s  table. 


ARTICLE  IV. 

OFFICERS  AND  APPOINTEES  OF  THE  BOARD. 

Sec.  I.  The  officers  of  this  board  shall  consist  of  its  President,  Treasurer 
and  Secretary. 

Section.  2.  The  Board  maj',  from  time  to  time,  appoint  such  subordinate- 
officers  and  employes  as  they  may  deem  necessary  to  carry  on  the  institution 

ARTICLE  V. 

TERM  OF  OFFICE 

Section  1.  The  Treasurer  and  Secretary  shall  be  elected  biennially  at  the 
regular  annual  meeting  hereinafter  provided  for  that  purpose,  and  hold  their 
offices  until  their  successors  are  chosen  and  qualified. 

Sec.  2.  All  other  officers  and  employes  shall  be  appointed  at  such  time,  in 
such  manner  and  for  such  term  as  the  Board  shall  by  resolution  in  each  case 
direct,  and  lie  subject  to  removal  for  cause,  at  the  pleasure  of  the  Board. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

DUTIES  OF  THE  PRESIDENT. 

Section  1.  The  President  shall  cast  his  vote  in  case  of  a tie  on  all  question* 
or  propositions  submitted  to  the  Board,  "and — upon  calling  any  member  to  the 
chair— may  participate  In  debate. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

DUTIES  OF  THE  TREASURER. 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Treasurer  to  receive  ali  moneys  from 
the  hands  of  the  Secretary,  and  such  other  funds  as  may  be  turned  over  to  him 
by  the  State  Treasurer,  as  financial  agent. 

Sec.  2.  He  shall  pay  out  money  only  on  warrants  drawn  by  the  Secretary  of 
the  Board  and  approved  by  the  President  or  by  the  chairman  of  the  appropriate 
committees  of  the  Board. 

Sec.  3.  He  shall  make  a semi-annual  report  to  the  Board  of  all  financial 
t ransactions  since  his  last  report. 


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v kc.  4.  He  shall  give  good  and  sufficient  bond,  to  be  approved  by  the  Board 
«r  the  Executive  Committee,  in  the  sum  of  ($20,000)  Twenty  Thousand  dollars, 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

DUTIES  OF  THE  SECRETARY, 

Section  1.  The  Secretary  shall  open  an  office  at  Fayetteville  and  be  present 
at  all  meetings  of  the  Board  ot  Trustees,  and  perforin  such  duties  as  appertain  to 
bis  office ; to  keep  all  books  and  papers  belonging  to  his  office  in  good  order  and 
subject  to  inspection  at  the  pleasure  of  the  members  of  the  board  and  others 
interested. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  to  receive  all  moneys,  from 
every  source  due  this  institution,  and  receipt  for  the  same,  and  tarn  the  same 
over  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  Board  at  the  expiration  of  each  and  every  month, 
taking  his  receipt  therefor. 

Sec.  3.  He  shall  collect  all  tuition  and  matriculation  fees,  giving  his  receipt 
therefor  in  duplicate. 

Sec.  4.  He  shall  immediately  make  an  Inventory  of  all  property  belonging 
to  the  University,  of  whatsoever  kind  it  may  be,  and  its  apparent  value,  and 
make  proper  entries  thereof  in  his  book,  dividing  it  under  as  many  appropriate 
headings  as  are  necessary  to  distinguish  and  keep  properly  the  accounts  of  separ- 
ate branches  of  the  institution,  and  include  in  his  next  report  and  each  report 
thereafter  the  amount,  nature,  value,  enhancement  or  depreciation  in  value,  etc., 
of  such  property,  also  include  any  property  added  or  diminished  since  his  last 
report. 

Sec.  5.  He  shall  be  custodian  of  all  ai.d  every  kind  of  property  belongin  r 
to  the  Arkansas  Industrial  University,  and  in  no  event  shall  )ie  part  with  any  of 
said  property  to  any  person  whatever,  unless  he  first  obtain  said  person’s  receipt 
therefor,  which  shall  be  his  voucher . 

Sec.  6.  He  shall  purchase  stationery  by  the  quantity  and  as  low  as  possible, 
and  upon  the  requisition  of  the  President,  Faculty  and  other  officers  entitled 
thereto,  he  shall  furnish  sufficient  stationery  to  said  persons  for  their  use  as  such 
officers,  filing  their  requisitions  as  his  vouchers. 

Sec  7.  All  papers  taken  by  the  Secretary  shall  be  in  duplicate,  but  all 
papers  given  out  shall  be  but  single. 

Sec.  He  shall  also  procure  the  necessary  blanks  for  all  departments  of  the 
University  and  furnish  them  to  the  officers  requiring  them  upon  their  application  . 

Skc.  9.  He  shall  keep  his  accounts  and  make  out  his  report  as  in  the  man 
her  adopted  in  the  Quartermaster’s  Department,  United  States  army  (except  a& 
to  time  of  making  such  reports. ) All  reports  of  property  shall  be  in  duplicate, 
one  copy  to  be  retained  by  the  Secretary  and  one  turned  over  to  the  Board  and 
by  them  to  be  transmitted  to  the  Secretary  of  State  for  safe  keeping. 

Sec.  10.  He  shall,  in  his  annual  report  in  June  in  each  and  every  year,  sub- 
mit estimates  to  the  Board  for  the  ensuing  j^ear. 

Sec.  11  He  shall  keep  separate  accounts  of  the  following  items,  to-wit  * 
Farm  account ; Improvement  account ; Furniture  account;  Stationery  account. 
Library  account ; Apparatus  account;  Permanent  Building  account;  Cabinet  an 0 


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Museum  account;  Chemical  account;  Labor  account;  Fuel  account;  Temporary 
Building  account  ( which  shall  cease  when  the  new  building  is  accepted  and  the 
present  school  buildings  put  to  other  and  permanent  uses ;)  Educational  account, 
and  a Miscellaneous  account. 

Snc.  12.  He  shall  attend  promptly  to  all  orders  made  by  the  Board  and. 
report  thereon  at  the  next  meeting  of  the  Board. 

Sue.  13.  lie  shall  enter  into  good  and  sufficient  security  f >r  the  sum  of  Ten 

Thousand  ($10,000)  Dollars,  to  be  approved  by  the  Board  or  the  Executive 
Committee. 

Sec.  14.  lie  shall  countersign  every  warrant  drawn  for  the  payment  of 
money,  and  no  warrant  paid  shall  be  valid  unless  so  couiversigned  and  approved 
by  him,  and  proper  entry  made  thereof  under  irs  proper  account.  If  the  esti- 
mate to  be  drawn  against  is  exhausted,  then  he  shall  refuse  to  countersign  until 
such  time  as  there  m iy  be  funds  to  pay  said  warrant  with. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

DISABILITIES  OF  MEMBERS. 

Section  1.  No  trustee,  supervisor  of  work  or  agent  of  this  Board  shall  be 
interested,  directly  or  indirectly,  in  any  contract  made  by  or  on  behalf  of  the 
Board. 


ARTICLE  X. 

STANDING  COMMITTEES. 


Section  1.  This  Board  shall  elect  the  following  Standing  Committees : 

First — An  Executive  Committee,  of  five  members 

Second — A Finance  Committee,  of  three  members; 

Third — A Committee  on  Buildings  and  Grounds,  of  three  members; 

Fourth — A Committee  on  Rules  and  By-laws,  of  three  members;  and 

Fifth — A Committee  of  two  on  printing. 

ARTICLE  XI. 

DUTIES  OF  EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 

Section  1.  The  Executive  Committee  shall — for  the  purpose  for  which  they 
were  appointed — possess  all  the  power  of  the  Board;  provided . that  they  shall  not 
alter  or  amend  the  acts  of  the  Board  nor  act  upon  any  matter  referred  to  any 
committee  of  the  Board  that  may  be  intrusted  with  any  special  business,  and 
shall  be  strictly  confined  to  such  business  as  cannot  be  left  until  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  Board. 

Sec.  2.  The  members  of  this  committee  shall  hold  their  office  for  one  year 
from  the  time  of  their  election,  and  they  shall  submit  the  minutes  of  their 
proceedings,  or  make  a report  through  their  chairman  to  the  regular  meeting  of 
the  Board  at  Fayetteville  of  all  their  transactions  since  the  last  meeting  of  the 
Board. 

Sec.  3.  The  committee  shall  have  power,  from  time  to  time,  to  employ 


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suitable  persons  for  positions  in  the  Faculty  of  the  University  in  its  various 
departments,  and  to  make  the  necessary  changes  or  modifications  in  the  course 
of  study  and  to  adopt  suitable  textbooks. 

ARTICLE  XII. 

DUTIES  OF  COMMITTEE  ON  BUILDINGS  AND  GROUNDS. 


Sec.  1.  The  Committee  on  Buildings  and  Grounds  shall  consider  and  report 
upon  all  plans,  specifications  or  proposals  for  the  sale  or  exchange,  repairs  or 
improvements  of  the  buildings  or  grounds  belonging  to  the  University,  or  for  the 
erection  of  buildings  or  fences  on  the  same,  and  for  their  convenient  subdivisions, 
and  all  orders  of  the  Board  for  the  improvement  on  buildings  and  grounds 
(except  the  farm  to  be  under  the  control  of  the  Executive  Committee)  shall  be 
under  the  control  and  charge  of  this  committee. 

Sfc.  2.  Bids  for  buildings  and  improvements  exceeding  the  sum  of  one 
thousand.dollars  ($1,000)  shall  he  submitted  to  the  Board  for  their  approval  or 
disapproval. 


ARTICLE  XIY. 

COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  AND  BY-LAWS. 

Section  1.  The  Committee  on  Rules  and  By-laws  shall  perform  and  recom- 
mend, from  time  to  time,  by-laws  for  the  government  of  the  Board  in  its  own 
business.  ■ 


ARTICLE  XV. 

AMENDMENT  OF  BY-LAWS. 


Section  1 These  by-laws  may  be  amended,  altered  or  repealed  at  regular 
annual  meetings  of  the  Board,  by  a vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  the  members  present. 


Military  Department  ) 
Arkansas  Industrial  University,  v 
Fayetteville,  Ark  , June  19th,  1875.) 

To  the  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Arkansas  Industrial 

University . 

Sir:  I beg  leave  to  submit,  for  the  consideration  and  action  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees,  a brief  resume  of  the  operations  of  my  depart- 
ment during  the  collegiate  year  ending  June  19th,  1875  ; also  some 
recommendations  suggested  by  my  experience,  for  increasing  its  effi- 
ciency 

There  has  been  an  average  attendance  for  military  instruction,  of 
one  hundred  and  forty  students.  Only  three  or  four  have  been  per- 
manently excused  from  military  duty,  and  these,  only  by  reason  of 
physical  disability.  Of  the  aggregate  in  attendance,  about  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty  have  been  enrolled,  forming  the  three  companies  of. 
the  battalion.  The  remainder,  consisting  of  boys  too  small  to  bear 
arms,  have  been  instructed  in  the  principles  of  setting-up  and  march- 
ing. For  this  class  the  rules  and  regulations  were  relaxed,  and  drill 
has  been  considered  more  of  an  exercise  than  an  acquirement. 

The  cadets  have  attained  fair  proficiency  in  the  school  of  the  com- 
pany, and  have  received  some  instruction  in  battalion  drill.  I am  not 
satisfied  with  the  progress  made  but  I consider  it  due  to  circumstances 
outside  of  my  department,  and  over  which  I had  no  control.  I have 
not  been  able  to  attain  a high  standard  of  discipline.  The  cadets  have 
learned  to  some  extent,  the  necessity  of  subordination,  but  in  the 
higher  order  of  discipline  they  are  deficient.  They  lack  habits  of 


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order,  neatness,  thoroughness  and  zeal.  These  virtues  I have  sought 
to  inculcate,  but  the  adverse  influences  manifested  in  the  general  man- 
agement of  the  school  neutralized  my  efforts. 

The  published  regulations  for  the  government  of  the  military 
department,  have,  in  the  main,  been  carried  out.  The  Faculty  have 
given  me  much  assistance,  and,  when  the  occasion  demanded  it,  prompt 
support. 

Since  the  1st  of  March,  cadets  ab-ent  from,  or  late  at  roll-call  and 
having  no  satisfactory  excuse  therefor,  have  been  punished  by  drill  on 
other  than  drill  days  and  out  of  school  hours  . The  Faculty  authorized 
the  measure  upon  my  recommendation.  I do  not  like  the  plan.  It  has 
proved  entirely  efficacious  but  the  natural  tendency  is  to  biing  drill 
into  disrepute.  Demerits  have  been  given  previous  to  the  institution 
of  this  punishment,  but  there  was  no  disgrace  or  inconvenience  attend- 
ing these  and  they  utterly  failed  to  prevent  the  willful  evasion  of  duty. 
Some  other  system  was  necessary  and  I reluctantly  proposed  punish- 
ment drill.  I think  the  college  laws  should  cover  all  cases  of  misde- 
meanor occurring  in  my  department;  but  there  is  no  virtue  in  law, 
when  the  penalties  for  infraction  are  not  enforced. 

Theoretical  instruction  in  tactics  has  been  given  the  officers  and 
non-commissioned  officers  of  the  battalion,  as  the  advance  in  drill  de- 
manded it.  Lectures  have  been  given  on  drill  da}^s  throughout  the 
year,  when  the  weather  prevented  out-door  military  exercises,  and 
twice  a week,  in  lieu  of  drill,  during  the  sickly  season  of  the  winter 
term.  These  lectures  embraced  the  subjects  of  discipline,  army  or- 
ganization, strategy,  tactics  and  the  operations  of  war  from  the  time 
of  Frederick  to  the  present  day. 

Of  the  one  hundred  and  twenty  cadets  enrolled,  only  about  one- 
sixth  have  provided  themselves  with  uniform.  About  one-half  wear 
the  cap.  I would  respectfully  recommend  that  all  male  students  sub- 
ject to  military  duty  be  required  to  provide  themselves  with  uniforms 
the  coming  3-ear.  They  can  be  procured  at  Fayetteville  at  the  fol- 
lowing rates:  Dress  coat,  $22  00;  sack  coat,  $18  00;  pants,  10  00- 
cap,  $1  25.  The  sack  coat  is  more  serviceable,  and  better  adapted  for 
general  wear.  It  is  to  be  preferred,  when  both  cannot  be  obtained, 
to  the  dress  coat.  These  articles  of  uniform  can  be  procured  in  New 
York,  ready  made,  fifty  per  cent,  cheaper.  At  this  rate,  they  cost  no 
more  than  ordinary  citizen’s  clothing,  and  are  much  more’  durable. 
The  adoption  of  a uniform  would  have  a tendency  to  foster  neatness* 
individual  self-respect  and  good  order. 

During  the  past  3rear  there  have  been  two  militarj7-  exercises  each 
week.  This  is  not  sufficient  time  to  acquire  any  very  great  oroficiency 


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in  drill,  nor  is  it  sufficient  to  develop  a healthy  interest  among  the 
cadets.  Proficiency  in  drill,  however,  is  neither  the  only  or  best  result 
of  military  instruction.  It  is  a powerful  means  of  physical  culture. 
It  develops  muscle  and  tends  to  a more  correct  deportment  than  any 
other  exercise  that  can  be  adopted  for  a school.  It  generates  habits  of 
just  subordination  and  manly  self-control.  It  teaches  the  necessity  of 
punctuality  and  faithfulness  in  the  discharge  of  duty. 

At  least  three  hours  a week  should  be  devoted  to  practical  military' 
instruction.  As  cadets  are  required  at  all  times  to  have  their  muskets 
and  accoutrements  in  good  order  and  condition,  it  is  necessary  that 
time  be  allowed  for  cleaning  up.  In  view  of  all  this  I would  respect- 
fully ask  that  I be  allowed  one  hour  four  days  of  the  week  for  the  pur- 
pose of  drill  and  discipline. 

With  an  armory  nex'  year  capable  of  holding  in  military  forma- 
tion, 150  to  200  men,  I hope  to  secure  more  uniformity  of  instruction, 
and  to  attain  thereby  much  greater  proficiency  In  addition  to  thd 
regular  exercises,  practical  and  theoretical,  compulsory  with  all  cadets, 

I propose  to  organize  classes  for  instruction  in  the  bayonet  exercise, 
and  the  use  of  the  sword.  The  basement  in  the  South  wing  of  the 
new  building  would  be  the  best  room  for  the  armory.  The  noise  could 
not  penetrate  from  thence  to  the  disturbance  of  students  at  other  oc- 
cupations throughout  the  building,  and  the  South  basement  is  more  dry 
and  light  than  the  other,  I would  therefore  recommend  that  it  be 
finished  off  and  appropriately  fitted  up  as  an  armory. 

I would  also  respectfully  suggest  the  advisability  of  having  a large 
parade  ground  immediately  in  front  of  the  University  building.  It 
could  be  seen  from  all  parts  of  the  town,  and  a fine  lawn  would  form 
a pleasing  foreground  and  exhibit  to  the  best  advantage  the  new  build- 
ing. the  grounds  surrounding  the  parade  might  be  laid  off1  and  decor- 
ated with  trees,  shrubs,  etc.,  etv\ 

I am, 

Very  Respectfully, 

Your  Obedient  Servant, 

EDWIN  S.  CURTIS, 

First  Lieut-  2d  Arty., 

Prof.  Military  Tactics 


After  the  death  of  Prof.  T.  L.  Thompson,  Superintendent  of 
Farm,  Mr.  John  H.  Bell,  a student  of  the  University,  was  employed 
by  the  Board  of  Trustees  to  take  charge  and  general  management  of 
the  farm.  It  is  but  due  to  Mr.  Bell  to  say  that  he  has  performed  his 
trust  with  fidelity,  and  the  condition  of  the  growing  crop,  the  orchard 
and  grounds  will  attest  his  faithfulness  and  diligence.  The  following 
js  his  Report : 


Arkans's  Industrial  University,  | 
Fayetteville,  August  15,  1875.  j 

To  the  Board  of  Trustees  Arkansas  Industrial  University : 

In  compliance  with  your  request,  I herewith  transmit  my  report 
of  the  University  farm  since  March  1st,  1875,  the  date  on  which  I 
took  charge. 

In  front  of  the  University  building,  about  the  last  of  March,  some 
twenty  acres  were  sown  in  Kentucky  blue  grass,  but  on  account  of  the 
lateness  of  the  season  and  the  dry  weather  which  followed,  it  cannot 
be  considered  a success.  We  have  about  twenty  acres  of  corn,  which, 
although  planted  late,  is  in  fine  condition,  and  promises  an  abundant 
yield.  About  the  middle  of  March  we  received  from  Washington, 
packages  of  oats,  clover  and  rye  grass,  together  with  packages  of  gar- 
den seeds.  The  oats  and  grass  proved  a failure,  but  the  clover  is 
remarkably  fine.  There  are  now  growing  in  the  garden,  beets,  peas, 
onions,  beans,  carrots,  parsnips,  cabbages,  tomatoes,  cucumbers  and 
other  vegetables,  most  of  which  are  doing  well.  The  orchard  is  in 
fine  condition — many  of  the  trees  bending  under  the  load  of  choice 
fruit.  The  following  are  some  of  the  varieties  of  apples  now  bearing 
in  the  University  orchard  : Belle  Flower,  Yellow  June,  Red  June, 
Winesap,  Shannon  Pippin,  Philadelphia  Graft,  Early  Harvest,  Maiden 
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Blush,  Ac.  From  the  high  character  of  this  region  as  a fruit  country, 
and  the  excellent  quality  of  the  fruit  produced  in  our  orchard,  it  would 
seem  to  he  a move  in  the  right  direction  to  enlarge  our  orchard  by 
planting  varieties  not  now  in  use,  as  well  as  planting  small  fruits. 
Would  it  not  be  well  to  plant  cherries,  plums,  strawberries,  rasp- 
berries, currants,  Ac.  V Near  the  University  farm  as  tine  grapes  of  the 
different  varieties  are  found  as  are  to  be  seen  anywhere  within  the 
limits  of  the  United  States.  No  one  who  has  seen  the  profusion  of 
wild  grapes  everywhere  in  Northwest  Arkansas,  can  doubt  that  this 
is  the  home  of  the  grape.  I know  of  nothing  that  can  be  undertaken 
with  more  certainty  of  success  in  this  country,  than  the  culture  of  the 
grape.  I would  recommend  the  planting  of  a small  vineyard  during 
the  coining  year. 

I would  also  recommend  the  following  additional  improvements, 
most  or  all  of  which  can  be  made  by  students'  labor,  and  at  a compar- 
atively small  expense  : The  laying  off  of  the  farm  into  sections  by 
means  of  cross-fencing;  the  clearing  of  some  timbered  land,  so  that  we 
may  begin  the  cultivation  of  the  grasses;  the  thorough  grassing  of 
the  grounds  south  of  the  University;  the  ornamentation  of  the 
grounds  in  front  by  planting  trees,  shrubs,  Ac.,  ^and  the  establishment 
of  permanent  exterior  fencing,  using  the  rails  for  cross-fencing. 

During  the  spring  months  a large  force  of  students  was  engaged  in 
taking  up  trees  and  stumps  around  the  new  building.  (The  trees  were 
made  into  rails.)  Beside  this  work,  there  was  a quantity  of  rubbish 
to  be  removed  from  about  the  building,  such  as  rocks,  timber,  brick, 
Ac.,  which  employed  our  force  for  some  time. 

I present  herewith  a statement  of  debits  and  credits  tor  the  months 
beginning  with  September,  1874,  and  ending  with  June,  1875  : 


UNIVERSITY  I'A  RM,  Dr. 


To  students’  labor  for  the  month  of  September,  1874 $ 41  20 

To  students’  labor  for  the  month  of  October,  1874 35  40 

To  students’  labor  for  the  month  of  November,  1874 25  74 

To  students’  labor  for  the  month  of  December,  1£74 30  30 

To  students’  labor  for  the  month  of  January,  1875 6 40 

To  students’  labor  for  the  month  of  February,  1875 20  70 

To  students’  labor  for  the  month  of  March,  1875 61  77 

To  studeuts’  labor  for  the  month  of  April,  1875 86  59 

To  students’  labor  for  the  month  of  May,  1875 83  23 

To  students’  labor  for  the  month  of  June,  1875 35  29 


Total $436  68 


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ESTIMATE  OF  RECEIPTS  FOR  THE  YEAR  ENDING  DECEM* 

BER  31st,  1875. 


UNIVERSITY  FARM,  Or. 

By  cash  for  corn ...» $125  00 

By  cash  for  apples.... 97  50 

By  cash  for  wood.. 37  00 

By  cash  for  rails 9 00 

By  cash  for  potatoes 25  00 

By  cash  for  garden  vegetables 15  00 

Total $308  50 


Besides  the  above  credit  items,  the  following  may  be  added  under 
the  head  of  permanent  improvements  : 

(1.)  Seeding  in  clover  three-fourths  acres. 

(2  ) Trimming  up  trees  about  the  grounds. 

(3.)  Making  walks  about  the  new  building. 

(4.)  Certain  repairs  on  the  farm. 

All  of  which- is  respectfully  submitted. 

JOHM  H.  BELL, 

In  charge  of  Farm, 


PaREWELL  5AdDF(E££, 

DELIVERED  BY 

PRESIDENT  A.  W.  BISHOP, 

UPON  RETIRING  FROM  THE  PRESIDENCY  OF  THE  ARKANSAS 
IND  U STRIA  L UNI  VEIiSITY. 


Gentlemen  of  the  Board  of  Trustees , and  Ladies  and  Gentlemen : 

On  the  sixth  of*  March  last  I tendered  my  resignation  as  President 
and  Treasurer  of  this  University,  to  take  effect  at  the  close  of  the 
present  term  Even  a 3’ear  ago,  when  the  salaries  ol  the  members  of 
the  Faculty  were  reduced  from  fifteen  to  twenty-five  per  cent  , I was 
led  to  the  contemplation  of  this  matter,  but  as  that  reduction  seemed 
inevitable  for  the  time  being,  in  consequence  of  the  political  complica- 
tions in  the  State,  which  had  seriously  impaired  the  finances  of  the 
University,  I submitted  to  the  situation,  as  did  my  co-laborers,  without 
a murmur  or  a protest.  In  my  individual  case,  however,  it  was  a wide 
departure  from  the  terms  upon  which  I had  agreed,  six  months  before, 
to  come  here,  and  for  this  reason,  and  those  of  a private  nature,  I sub- 
sequently tendered  my  resignation,  as  I have  indicated.  To  that 
tender  I have  since  adhered,  and  I sever  now  my  connection  with  this 
institution.  By  the  new  Board  of  Trustees,  as  well  as  the  old,  I have 
been  cordially  treated  and  fully  sustained,  and  I close  my  official  inter- 
course with  them  with  a profound  sense  of  kindness  and  regard. 
From  my  associates  in  the  Faculty  I part  with  peculiar  regret.  We 
have  been  bound  together  by  a common  toil.  We  have  known  no 
kinship  with  sinecures.  Early  and  late,  I do  not  consider  it  improper 
for  me  to  say,  we  have  labored  for  the  upbuilding  of  this  young  insti- 
tution, and  three  hundred  and  fifty  students  who  have  been  gathered 
within  yonder  walls  during  the  past  twelve  months,  mpst  attest  with 


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what  - access.  For  myself,  I leave  the  verdict  to  them,  expressing  only 
the  regret  that  the  appliances  that  every  educational  institution  of  the 
kind  should  have,  have  been  so  meager  and  unsatisfactory. 

To  the  students  T likewise  say  a reluctant  farewell.  We  came 
together  mainly  strangers.  We  part  quite  well  acquainted.  I gradu- 
ally came  to  know  you  j to  see  the  unfolding  of  form  and  mind;  the 
tireless  industry  of  one;  the  quick  perception  of  another,  the  easy 
grace  or  manly  bearing  of  others  still,  and  I may  add  the  mischievous 
tendencies  of  others  yet  again,  types  of  a class  who,  since  school 
rooms  were  known  and  school  masters  dominated  the  situation,  have 
apparently  lived  but  to  personify  annoyance,  and  illustrate  original 
sin.  With  all,  however,  I part  in  kindness,  bespeaking  for  every  one 
a future  whose  hope  shall  grow7  into  fruition,  and  the  promise  of 
to-day  into  the  sustained  performance  of  active,  well  ordered  and  suc- 
cessful lives. 

I come  now’  to  the  present  condition  of  this  University,  and  here  I 
propose  to  say  nothing  except  with  a view  to  its  ultimate  good,  its 
permanent  prosperity,  for  a*  a citizen  of  the  State  I shall  always 
interest  myself,  as  far  as  I n ay  be  able,  in  its  advancement.  It  is  the 
germ  of  a new  existence  for  Arkansas,  and  the  struggling  plant  must 
not  be  permitted  to  wither  or  droop,  much  less  die.  This  magnificent 
edifice  just  unfolding  its  possibilities,  and  growing  now  into  perma- 
nent form,  through  the  steady  industry  of  wTell  directed  labor,  must 
not  stand  an  embodiment  of  desolation,  but  with  corridors  thronged 
wdth  students;  halls  resounding  with  the  echoes  of  earnest  voices; 
pillar  and  architrave  proudly  bearing  up  apparatus  and  library,  cabi- 
net and  museum;  pavilion  and  tower  all  aglow  with  the  lisrht  of 
science  and  the  myriad  forms  of  attractive  art,  must  verily  become 
not  only  the  one  overshadowing  object  for  miles  around,  but  conspic- 
uous as  a temple  of  learning,  where  the  State  even,  can  gather 
strength,  and  the  Nation  look  approvingly  upon  one  of  the  out- 
growths of  the  beneficent  act  of  1862.  Nature  has  well  disposed  the 
site.  The  munificence  of  the  general  government  has  made  the  edifice 
possible,  now7  let  the  State  furnish  and  embellish  it.  The  county  of 
Washington  and  town  of  Fayetteville  have  contracted  to  do  all  that 
can  or  should  be  expected  of  them,  but  they  are  not  the  body  politic 
of  Arkansas.  The  State  at  large  has  a deep  and  abiding  interest  in 
the  University,  and  it  is  as  solemn  a duty  on  its  part  to  adequately 
maintain  it,  as  it  is  to  pay  the  salaries  of  the  officers  who  administer 
its  government. 

The  legislature  of  1866  7 a cepted  the  grant  of  land  and  land 
scrip  from  the  general  government,  authorized  by  the  act  of  Congress 


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of  July  2,  1862,  “To  provide  colleges  for  the  benefit  of  agriculture 
and  the  mechanical  arts/’  and  now  it  is  simply  called  upon  to  perform 
that  part  of  the  contract,  which  it  then  engaged  to  perform. 

The  legislature  of  the  State  at  its  last  session  made  a most  unfor- 
fortunate  mistake  in  this  regard.  It  gave  nothing  for  current  ex- 
penses, when  there  should  have  been  appropriated  at  least  the  equiv- 
alent of  ten  thousand  dollars  in  currency  per  annum  for  the  two  years 
expiring  June  30,  1877.  That  body  did  indeed  make  an  appropriation 
of  ten  thousand  dollars  in  scrip  to  complete  the  building  and  to  pur- 
chase stoves  and  other  heating  apparatus  therefor,  but  even  this  sum 
Was  inadequate,  and  should  have  been  doubled  to  accomplish  the 
object  sought,  and  I sayT  this  with  the  poverty  of  the  State  full  in 
view.  I am  cognizant  also,  as  are  we  all,  of  the  tribulation  through 
Which  the  State  has  passed  within  the  last  eighteen  months.  I know 
how  poor  she  is,  but  if  in  the  re-habilitation  of  Arkansas  there  is  any 
one  interest  for  the  nurture  and  support  of  which  every  nerve  should 
be  strained  and  every  dollar  expended,  which  within  reasonable  limits 
it  is  possible  to  obtain,  that  interest  is  the  educational  development  of 
the  State,  and  whose  radiating  centre  should  be  the  State  University. 

We  3' earn  for  immigration.  We  hunger  after  capital.  We  long 
to  sec  these  hills  and  valleys  instinct  with  higher  life;  to  hear  the 
roar  of  the  swiftly  passing  train,  to  listen  to  the  music  of  the  spindle 
and  the  loom;  to  see  God  in  the  superior  works  of  his  children,  and 
many  wonder  why  the  tide  that  for  }Tears  has  been  sweeping  over  the 
Horthwest,  fructifying  all  that  it  touched,  does  not  set  this  way.  It 
never  will  until  the  educat:on  of  the  people  is  put  in  the  fore  front  of 
effort  and  expenditure,  and  the  State  pursues  a liberal  policy  with  its 
public  institutions.  If  extravagance  is  bad,  and  it  is,  parsimony^  is 
worse  From  the  former  you  can  recover.  Out  of  the  latter  comes 
no  hope.  The  one  is  an  evil,  the  other  is  a curse.  The  one  does 
something,  if  it  does  it  partly  wrong.  The  other  does  nothing  at  allf 
for  parsimony  is  always  below  the  level  of  efficiency^  struggle  as  it 
will,  and  the  poor  instructor,  be  he  president,  professor  or  what  not, 
who  is  caught  in  its  toils,  will  go  shuffling  through  life  a careworn 
and  dependent  man,  and  measurably  inefficient,  while  the  fault  was 
not  his  own.  And  it  will  be  a sad  day  for  this  University,  if  that  day 
comes,  when  from  inefficient  financial  support,  it  shall  be  compelled  to 
lapse  into  a high  school.  What  we  have  been  laboring  so  far  to  estab- 
lish here,  is  not  simply  a College,  but  a University.  What  the  gov- 
ernment of  the  United  States  expects  to  see  is  at  least  a College. 
What  it  demands , by^  reason  of  the  acceptance  of  the  gift,  is  a College 
—a  College  of  agriculture  and  the  mechanic  arts,  but  where  other 


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scientific  and  classical  studies  are  not  excluded,  and  with  nothing  less 
than  this  will  it  be  satisfied, 

I have  great  confidence  in  the  present  Executive  of  the  State,  and 
who  is  also  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  this  University, 
and  I believe  he  will  do  everything  in  his  power,  and  so  will  his 
co-laborers  on  the  Board,  to  maintain  this  institution  upon  the  high 
plane  of  its  conception.  What  we  need  is  money,  and  the  practical 
thing  to  be  done  is  to  get  it  from  the  legislature  when  it  sits  next 
November.  Nor  do  I believe  that  the  effort  to  do  so  will  be  futile. 
At  the  last  session  many  members  were  hampered  and  embarrassed  by 
promises  to  their  constituents  to  do  everything  as  economically  as 
possible,  and  in  this  regard  they  may  have  voted  as  they  would  not 
again.  I believe  they  have  the  welfare  of  the  State  at  heart,  and 
desire  its  advancement.  The  question  is  one  of  means  and  ends,  and 
it  is  no  easy  thing,  with  a bankrupt  treasury  staring  at  you,  to  wisely 
adapt  the  one  to  the  other.  Let  us  then  hope  for  the  best,  and  the 
University’s  financial  distress  may  pass  away  within  the  year. 

I come  now  to  another  subject  of  serious  import  to  this  institution 
and  this  community.  On  the  second  day  of  February,  1874,  the  House 
of  Bepresentatives  of  the  Congress  of  the  United  States,  unanimously 
adopted  the  following  resolution  : 

“ Resolved , That  the  committee  on  education  and  labor  is  hereby 
instructed  to  enquireinto  the  condition  and  management  of  the  agricul- 
tural and  other  colleges  which  have  received  grants  from  the  United 
States  under  the  act  of  July  2,  1872,  and  the  acts  in  addition  thereto; 
also  to  enquire  in  regard  to  the  investment  and  security  of  the  funds 
of  these  institutions,  and  whether  their  management  is  in  accordance 
with  the  Constitution  and  Laws  of  the  United  States,  and  the  condi- 
tion of  the  aforesaid  grants.” 

In  pursuance  of  this  resolution  a circular  letter  was  sent  to  the 
presidents  of  all  the  colleges  organized  as  this  has  been,  and  those 
officers  were  to  respond  to  it  as  promptly  as  their  convenience  and  the 
preparation  of  the  necessary  information  would  permit.  The  general 
scope,  progress  and  management  of  these  institutions  were  enquired 
about,  and  particularly  the  disposition  made  of  the  proceeds  of  the 
sale  of  the  agricultural  college  scrip,  donated  by  the  general  govern- 
ment. I reported  in  behalf  of  this  institution,  and  on  the  13th  day  of 
* January,  1875,  the  committee  made  its  report  to  Congress,  the  sub- 
stance of  which  was,  that  the  Attorney  General  was  requested  to 
report  to  the  House  of  Eepresentatives  what  measures,  if  any,  should  be 
taken  by  the  United  States  to  secure  from  any  State  the  fulfillment  of 
its  contract  to  preserve  undiminished  the  principal  of  the  fund  derived 


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from  the  grant  of  land  made  by  the  United  States  for  the  support  of 
colleges  of  agriculture  and  the  mechanic  arts,  and  whether  in  his 
judgment  the  provisions  of  existing  laws  were  sufficient  to  afford  a 
remedy  in  the  premises.  A resolution  embodying  this  was  adopted, 
to  which  the  Attorney  General  replied,  that  he  knew  of  no  remedy 
except  that  in  cases  where  the  United  States  are  indebted  to  any  State, 
which  has  suffered  the  fund  to  become  diminished,  and  has  failed  to 
replace  it,  payment  of  the  whole  or  a corr  sponding  amount  of  the 
debt  might  be  withheld  until  the  unpaid  fund  be  made  good. 

Arkansas  is  in  this  category  for  the  government  of  the  United 
States  owes  her  a large  sum  of  money  which  site  is  endeavoring  to 
obtain,  ai  d (crtanly  it  could  not  be  paid  at  a more  opportune  time 
for  the  State  is  in  the  very  throes  of  financial  agony,  and  all  the  wit 
and  wisdom  of  her  citizens  w 11  be  needed  to -extricate  her  from  the 
fearful  embarrassments  that  are  bearing  her  down. 

By  the  act  of  Congress  of  Juh  2,  1862,  it  is  provided  that  all 
money  derived  from  the  sale  of  land  and  land  scrip  contemplated  by 
this  act.  shall  be  invested  in  stocks  of  the  United  States,  or  of  the 
State,  or  some  other  safe  stocks,  yielding  not  less  than  five  per 
centum  upon  the  par  value  of  said  stocks,  and  that  the  moneys  so 
invested  shall  constitute  a perpetual  fund,  the  capital  of  which  shall 
remain  forever  undiminished,  and  the  interest  of  which  shall  be  invio- 
lably appropriated  by  each  State,  which  may  take  and  claim  the 
benefit  of  the  said  act,  and  it  was  further  provided  that  no  portion  of 
the  said  fund,  nor  the  interest  thereon,  should  be  applied  directly  or 
indirectly,  under  any  pretense  whatever,  to  the  purchase,  erection, 
preservation  or  repair  of  any  building  or  buildings. 

Now,  what  is  the  connection  of  all  this  with  the  Arkansas  Indus- 
trial University?  Bear  with  me  while  I endeavor  to  tell.  The  old 
Board  of  Trustees  thought  it  a matter  of  great  importance  that  the 
permanent  building  of  the  University  should  be  erected  at  the  earliest 
feasible  moment.  The  Agricultural  College  scrip  to  which  the  State 
was  entitled  had  been  sold  at  ninety  cents  per  acre — a very  advanta- 
geous sale  for  the  University.  The  net  proceeds  to  be  employed  as 
an  endowment  were  $121,500,  and  there  were  two  courses  to  pursue, 
either  to  purchase  government  bonds  at  a premium,  or  to  place  this 
sum  of  money  in  the  bonds  of  the  county  of  Washington  and  town  of 
Fayetteville — $130,000  in  all — which  the  University  then  held,  and 
thus  making  those  securities,  which  ran  thirty  years,  and  bore  interest 
at  the  rate  of  eight  per  cent,  per  annum,  the  permanent  endowment  of 
the  University.  The  latter  course  was  adopted,  and  this  money  was 
placed  in  those  bonds  at  93^  cents  on  the  dollar,  a rate  adapted  and 


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intended  so  to  be,  to  the  exact  absorption  of  the  money  in  the  bonds* 
There  was  a precedent  for  this  proc  eding  in  the  course  pursued  in  the 
building  of  the  Illinois  Industrial  University,  and  although  the  expe- 
dient may  look  like  a device  for  steering  very  closety  to  the  wind^ 
and  appear  to  be  a violation  of  even  an  express  provision  of  the  act 
of  1862.  it  is  not  so  regarded  by  the  general  government,  and  no 
trouble  will  ever  arise  from  this  source,  if  the  people  of  Washington 
county  promptly  pay  the  interest  on  these  bonds.  If  they  do  not  pay 
it,  there  will  be  trouble,  embarrassment,  a rigid  investigation,  and 
other  very  serious  hindrances  to  the  growth  of  the  Universit}',  that  I 
do  not  care  to  contemplate,  and  I specially  allude  to  this  matter  now, 
not  alone  for  the  purpose  of  showing  how  important  it  is  that  the 
interest  on  these  bonds  should  be  paid  exactly  when  and  as  it  accrues, 
but  because  the  Legislature  of  the  State  at  its  last  session  passed  an 
act  in  relation  to  the  extension  of  time  for  the  payment  of  taxes, 
which,  as  one  of  its  consequences,  is  resulting  in  the  failure,  unavoid- 
able so  far  as  the  sheriff  is  concerned,  to  make  a full  and  prompt 
collection  of  this  interest.  I have  faith  to  believe,  that  in  1876  the 
deficiency  that  now  exists  will  be  made  good,  and  if  ii  i«,  all  will  be 
well  at  Washington.  The  government  does  not  object  to  the  fact  that 
local  bonds  are  the  form  that  the  endowment  has  taken.  It  only 
insists  that  the  interest  on  these  bonds  shall  be  promptly  and  regularly 
paid. 

Washington  county  has  secured  the  location  of  this  University. 
All  honor  to  the  enterprise  of  her  citizens  for  that.  But  her  watchful- 
ness has  just  begun.  It  will  avail  very  little  simply  to  have  even  so 
magnificent  an  edifice  as  this.  The  building  alone  will  never  justify 
the  builders.  It  must  be  armed  cap-a-pie , and  stand  fully  equipped 
with  all  the  paraphernalia  and  devices  of  intellectual  war.  It  must 
crown  this  hill,  not  with  the  solemn  grandeur  of  a barren  conception, 
or  with  that  order  of  education  that  culminates  in  an  academy  or  high 
school,  but  with  the  training  of  the  college  and  university,  and  espe- 
cially with  that  distinctive  order  of  culture,  which  we  know  as  profi- 
ciency in  the  knoweldge  of  Agriculture  and  the  Mechanic  Arts. 

There  is  need  also,  let  me  say,  for  constant  vigilance  on  the  part  of 
the  citizens  of  Washington  county,  to  hold  this  institution  up  to  the 
demands  of  its  conception.  There  is  the  same  amount  of  interest  to 
be  paid  on  the  bonds,  whether  there  are  one  hundred  students  here, 
or  five  hundred,  and  whether  those  students  pay  out  annually  in  Fay- 
etteville, ten  thousand  dollars,  or  fifty  thousand. 

In  adversity  or  prosperity,  in  growth  or  decay,  the  obligation  is 
the  same,  and  surely  every  intelligent  citizen  must  see  the  great 

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importance  of  the  most  complete  harmony  of  action  in  stimulating 
the  growth  of  that  which  is,  or  should  be,  the  dominant  interest  of  the 
town  of  Fayetteville,  and  a source  of  profit  also  to  the  county  at 
large.  There  should  grow  up  here  the  spirit  so  conspicuously  seen  in 
the  older  University  towns  of  the  country,  and  around  professor  and 
student  should  never  cease  to  be  thrown  the  genial  and  inspiring 
influences,  that  tell  them  that  even  the  boys  in  the  streets  are  their 
friends,  and  that  the  town  at  all  times  and  under  all  circumstances  is 
a unit  when  the  welfare  of  the  University  is  at  stake. 

But,  passing  from  the  town  and  county  to  the  State,  or  rather 
including  all  three,  there  is  another  subject  of  great  moment  for  futuie 
consideration.  Not  to  enter  into  details,  I refer  to  what  is  known  as 
the  “Morrill  Bill,”  a proposed  act  of  Congress  that  contemplates  the 
appropriation  of  a portion  of  the  net  proceeds  of  the  sales  of  the 
public  lands  to  this  institution  and  others  similarly  endowed.  The 
principal  sum  that  Arkansas  would  receive,  if  this  bill  were  to  pass, 
would  bring  to  this  University  an  income  of  at  least  $20,000  a year, 
and  with  proper  effort  this  much  desired  consummation  may  3-et  be 
brought  about.  Kentucky,  especially  through  I)r.  Bowman,  President 
of  the  Agricultural  and  Mechanical  Collge  at  Ashland,  is  particularly 
active  in  this  matter.  The  Agricultural  Colleges  of  a number  of  the 
other  States  have  also  had  their  representatives  at  Washington  when- 
ever needed  or  thought  to  be.  The  Agricultural  Congress  of  the 
country  is  committed  to  the  support  of  some  such  measure.  The 
Congress  of  the  United  States  itself  seems,  regardless  of  party,  dis- 
posed to  give  this  revenue,  in  some  form  to  the  cause  of  education,  and 
if  the  States  shall  earnestly  unite  their  efforts,  trustees  and  legislatures 
moving  together  in  hearty  accord,  the  grand  object  will  be  accom- 
plished. Then  indeed  will  this  University  be  placed  above  all  cas- 
ualty and  all  solicitude,  and  not  alone  will  gather  here  the  youth 
of  the  State,  but  Texas,  Southwest  Missouri  and  that  princely  domain 
just  bej^ond  us,,  which  in  the  immediate  future  is  destined  to  put  on 
the  garb  of  sisterhood,  can  reasonably  be  expected  to  send  here  many 
of  their  youth  to  receive  that  higher  education,  which  the  advanced 
statesmen  of  the  country  have  been  laboring  for  fifteen  years  to  make 
general  in  the  land. 

One  other  point  and  I am  done.  The  act  of  Congress  under  which 
this  University  has  been  organized,  special ly  provides  that  the  order 
of  institution  to  be  established,  shall  be  one,  which,  without  excluding 
other  sciences,  and  including  military  tactics,  shall  have  as  its  leading- 
object,  the  teaching  of  such  branches  of  learning  as  are  related  to 
agriculture  and  the  mechanic  arts.  In  this  vital  matter  the  Arkansas 
Industrial  University  has  not  come  up  to  the  statute,  and  there  are 


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reasons  why  hitherto  it  has  been  unable  to  do  so.  That  so  far  these 
reasons  have  been  regarded  as  good  and  sufficient  at  Washington,  can 
safely  be  said.  The  State  has  been  in  an  abnormal  and  disturbed  con- 
dition for  a considerable  portion  of  the  period  that  has  elapsed  since 
the  University  was  founded. 

The  general  status  of  education  in  Arkansas  has  also  been  and  sti’l 
is  such,  that  the  demand  made  upon  the  University  by  the  youth  ot 
the  State  has  been  for  the  usual  collegiate  or  preparatory  training, 
and  again  our  means  1 ave  been  inadequate  to  develop  that  special 
feature  of  the  law.  without  which  the  University  loses  the  distinctive 
feature  that  Congress  intended  to  give  it.  Twice  have  I annually 
stated  the  case  to  the  Commissioner  of  Agriculture,  and  he  has  re- 
sponded that  my  reports  were  satisfactory.  This  delay,  however,  to 
bring  the  study  of  agriculture  and  the  mechanic  arts  into  the  promi- 
nence that  the  law  demands,  must  cease  now  at  the  earliest  possible 
moment.  It  should  be  made  one  of  the  chief  objects  of  official  con- 
cern— the  paramount  object  in  fact — to  organize  the  school  of  agri- 
culture and  furnish  facilities  for  instruction  in  a practical  knowledge  of 
the  mechanic  arts.  It  is  a very  grave  question  how  much  longer  the 
General  Government  will  be  satisfied  with  apologies.  It  will  soon 
look  for  the  profits  of  its  endowment,  and  they  must  be  forthcoming. 

What  is  being  accomplished  is  not  in  itself  unsatisfactory,  but  it 
does  not  come  up  to  the  measure  of  just  expectancy,  and  now  in  this 
time  of  State  elation,  and  when  enlarged  ideas  of  the  province  of 
government  are  so  necessary  to  be  diffused  throughout  the  body 
politic  f when  an  advanced  conception  of  agriculture  should  seize  the 
farmer  mind,  and  the  mechanic  arts  have  the  sway  that  characterizes 
them  in  the  North  and  East,  let  the  citizens  of  the  State  see  to  it,  that 
here,  where  the  germ  of  a great  power  has  taken  root,  the  industrial 
classes  can  receive  that  education  which  a munificent  Congress  spe- 
cially designed  for  them.  And  as  the  scroll  of  the  future  is  unrolled, 
and  the  quickened  intelligence  of  the  farmer  and  mechanic  sees  in 
science  its  strongest  bulwark  and  surest  defense,  Arkansas,  with  her 
o-reat  natural  advantages  will  step  well  to  the  front  in  the  array  of 
States,  and  out  of  the  Southwest  will  go  a voice  heard  through  the 
land, 

\ 

Sing  unto  the  Lord  a new  song,  for  he  hath  done  marvelous  things. 


;Af(ka^;ba;5 


J^DU^TRIAL  *y  jSl  1 VRR£1TY. 


This  institution,  established  by  act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
State  of  Arkansas,  approved  July  25,  1873,  and  located  in  the  city  of 
Pine  Bluff,  has  commenced  operation,  and  has  now  (September  1875) 
opened  for  the  reception  of  students  Its  object  is  to  afford  the  col- 
ored teachers  of  the  State  the  requisite  opportunity  and  training  to  fit 
them  for  performing  the  important  duties  efficiently  and  successfully, 
and  free  tuition  is,  therefore,  given  to  such  as  may  apply  for  admission 
upon  their  signing  a pledge  obligating  themselves  to  teach  for  a term 
of  at  least  two  years  in  the  public  schools  of  the  State.  In  connection 
with  the  Normal  school  proper,  a preparatory  department  is  attached, 
which  may  be  attended  by  such  youth  as  may  be  enabled  after  one 
years  tuition,  to  enter  the  Normal  school.  The  school  in  its  term  of 
sessions,  course  of  study,  discipline,  etc.,  will  conform  to  those  of  the 
Industrial  University  at  Fayetteville,  and  is  under  the  management  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees  of  that  institution,  the  first  term  of  each  year 
beginning  on  the  first  Monday  in  September. 

Students  will  be  expected  to  conform  in  all  respects  to  the  rules  of 
the  institution,  in  avoiding  improper  places  and  associations,  in  observ- 
ing proper  study  hour-*,  and  in  general,  conducting  themselves  in  a 
genteel  manner,  otherwise  they  will  not  be  permitted  to  remain  in  the 
institution.  The  building  now  occupied  by  the  school  is  situated  in 
one  of  the  most  eligible  localities  in  the  city  of  Pine  Bluff,  in  the 
immediate  vicinity  of  the  Synagogue,  Episcopal  church,  and  public 
school  buildings.  It  affords  accommodations  for  over  one  hundred 
students,  with  ample  grounds  and  suitable  out-buildings  attached,  is 


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well  lighted  and  ventilated,  making  it  one  of  the  most  pleasant  and 
commodious  school  buildings  in  the  State.  Such  additions  and 
improvements  will  be  made  from  time  to  time  as  may  be  found  neces- 
sary or  desirable. 

Pine  Bluff,  the  site  of  the  institution,  is  a thriving  city  of  about 
three  thousand  five  hundred  inhabitants,  situated  on  the  Arkansas 
river  in  the  cotton  belt  of  the  State,  and  not  far  from  the  geographical 
center  of  the  colored  population.  In  its  recent  progress  in  educational 
matters  it  is  rivaled  by  but  few  cities  in  the  State  or  country.  It  is 
accessible  from  all  parts  of  the  State  by  the  Arkansas  river,  the  P.  B* 
L.  E.  & N.  O.  railroad,  and  Arkansas  Valley  stage  line.  The  prospect 
of  an  early  railroad  connection  with  Little  Eock  is  good  Board, 
lodging,  books  and  stationery  may  be  obtained  in  the  city  on  reason- 
able terms.  It  is  desirable  that  all  who  contemplate  attending  the 
school  should  enter  at  the  opening  of  the  term,  as  classes  will  not  be 
formed  at  other  times. 

For  additional  information,  address, 

J.  C.  COEBIN,  A.  M., 
Principal  Branch  Normal  College. 


We  shall  be  glad  to  have  the  address  of  every  teacher  in  Arkansas; 
that  we  may  send  to  each  a copy  of  our  Catalogue.  Teachers  coming 
to  Fayetteville  are  cordially  invited  to  visit  the  University  for  the 
purpose  of  examining  our  methods  of  instruction,  as  well  as  the  true, 
condition  and  practical  workings  of  the  institution  in  all  its  depart- 
ments* 

It  is  earnestly  hoped  that  a better  understanding  between  the 
Facility  and  the  teachers  of  the  State  may  lead  to  more  satisfactory 
results  in  the  preparation  of  students  for  the  work  which  will  be 
required  of  them  in  the  University.  We  have  met  in  the  past  no 
greater  annoyance  or  more  serious  obstacle  to  both  teacher  and 
student,  than  the  irregular,  immethodical  and  partial  training  of  our 
pupils.  Students  are  allowed  to  take  irregular  and  fragmentary 
courses,  forgetful  of  the  fact  that  it  leads  to  great  trouble  and  annoj'- 
ance  in  classification,  as  well  as  to  narrow  and  imperfect  culture.  If, 
for  instance,  the  student  desires  to  enter  the  Freshman  class  of  the 
Classical  Department,  let  him  pursue  such  studies,  and  such  alone,  as 
shall,  upon  their  completion,  admit  him  to  this  Cass.  If  he  desires  to 
enter  the  College  of  Commerce,  or  to  take  the  Engineering  Course, 
let  his  preparation  conform  so  far  as  possible,  to  the  requirements  of 
these  courses.  Candidates  for  the  Normal  Department  of  the  Uni- 
versity will  observe  the  requirements  for  admission  to  this  Depart- 
ment, and  govern  themselves  accordingly.  We  appeal  to  all  the 
teachers  in  the  State  to  come  to  our  assistance  in  breaking  up  the 
irregularities  of  training,  and  establishing  the  benefits  of  order, 
method  and  system  in  preliminary  instruction. 


TRANSPORTATION. 


Students  desiring  to  attend  the  University,  can  by  applying  to 
Hon.  Dudley  E.  Jones,  Little  Rock,  or  to  Prof.  James  Mitchell,  Secre- 
tary, at  Fayetteville,  obtain  certificate*  which  will  entitle  them  to 
travel  at  half  fare  over  the 

MEMPHIS  AND  LITTLE  ROCK  RAILWAY; 
LITTLE  ROCK  AND  FORT  SMITH  RAILWAY; 

ARKANSAS  YALLEY  STAGE  LINE, 

From  Pine  Bluff  to  Little  Roek,  and  from  Fort  Smith  to  Altus. 


Fare  from  Altus  to  Fayetteville,  round  trip % $9  00 

Fare  from  Altus  to  Fayetteville,  one  way 5 00 


Parties  applying  by  letter  will  be  particular  in  specifying  the  rout® 
they  wish  to  travel. 


RELAT1NQ  TO  THE  UNIVERSITY. 


OF  CONGRESS. 


AN  ACT 

DONATING  PUBLIC  LANDS  TO  THE  SEVERAL  STATES  AND  TERRITORIES 
WHICH  MAY  PROVIDE  COLLEGES  FOR  THE',  BENEFIT  OF 
AGRICULTURE  AND  THE  MECHANIC  ARTS. 


Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America,  in  Congress  assembled,  That  there  be  granted  to  the 
several  States  for  the  purposes  hereinafter  mentioned,  an  amount  of 
public  land,  to  be  apportioned  to  each  State  a quantity  equal  to  thirty 
thousand  acres  for  each  Senator  and  Representative  in  Congress,  to 
which  the  States  are  respectively  entitled  by  the  apportionment  under 
the  census  of  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty  : Provided,  That  no  mineral 
lands  shall  be  selected  or  purchased  under  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Section  2.  And  be  it  farther  enacted , That  the  land  aforesaid,  after 
being  surveyed,  shall  be  apportioned  to  the  several  States  or  subdivis- 
ions of  sections,  not  less  than  one  quarter  of  a section  ; and  whenever 
there  are  public  lands  in  a State  subject  to  sale  at  private  entry  at  one 
dollar  and  a quarter  per  acre,  the  quantity  to  which  said  State  shall  be 
entitled,  shall  be  selected  from  such  lands  within  the  limits  of  such 
State;  and  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior  is  hereby  directed  to  issue 
to  each  of  the  States,  in  which  there  is  not  that  quantity  of  public 
lands  subject  to  sale  at  private  entry  at  one  dollar  and  twenty-five 


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cents  per  acre,  to  which  said  State  may  be  entitled  under  the  pro- 
visions  of  this  act,  land  scrip  to  the  amount  in  acres  for  the  deficiency 
of  its  distributive  share  j said  scrip  to  be  sold  by  said  States,  and  the 
proceeds  thereof  applied  to  the  uses  and  purposes  prescribed  in  this 
act,  and  for  no  other  use  or  purpose  whatsoever:  Provided,  That  in 
no  case  shall  an}’  State  to  which  land  scrip  may  thus  be  issued,  be 
allowed  to  locate  the  same  within  the  limits  of  any  other  State  or  of 
any  Territory  of  the  United  States,  but  their  assignees  may  thus  locate 
said  land  scrip  upon  any  of  the  unappropriated  lands  of  the  United 
States  subject  to  sale  at  private  entry,  at  one  dollar  and  twenty-five 
cents  or  less  per  acre : And  provided  further , That  not  more  than  one 
million  acres  shall  be  located  by  such  assignees  in  any  ono  of  the 
States:  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  no  such  location  shall  be  made 
before  one  year  from  the  passage  of  this  act, 

. Section  3.  And  be  it  further  enacted , That  all  the  expenses  of  mam 
agement,  superintendence  and  taxes  from  the  date  of  selection  of  said 
lands  until  their  sales,  and  all  expenses  incurred  in  the  management 
and  disbursement  of  the  moneys  which  may  be  received  therefrom, 
shall  be  paid  by  the  States  to  which  they  may  belong  out  of  the 
Treasury  of  said  States,  so  that  the  entire  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said 
lands  shall  be  applied  without  any  diminution  whatever  to  the  pur- 
poses hereinafter  mentioned. 

Section  4.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  all  moneys  derived  from 
the  sale  of  the  lands  aforesaid  by  the  States,  to  which  the  lands  are 
apportioned,  and  from  the  sales  of  land  scrip  hereinbefore  provided 
for,  shall  be  invested  in  stocks  of  the  United  States,  or  of  the  States, 
or  some  other  safe  stocks,  yielding  not  less  than  five  per  centum,  upon 
the  par  value  of  said  stocks,  and  that  the  moneys  so  invested  shall 
constitute  a perpetual  fund,  the  capital  of  which  shall  remain  forever 
undiminished  (except  so  far  as  may  be  provided  in  fifth  section  of 
this  act),  and  the  interest  of  which  shall  be  inviolably  appropriated 
by  each  State  which  may  take  and  claim  the  benefit  of  this  act,  to  the 
endowment,  support  and  maintenance  of  at  least  one  college,  where 
the  leading  object  shall  be,  without  excluding  other  scientific  and 
classical  studies,  and  including  military  tactics,  to  teach  such  branches 
of  learning  as  are  related  to  agriculture  and  the  mechanic  arts,  and  in 
such  a manner  as  the  legislatures  of  the  States  may  respectively  pre- 
scribe, in  order  to  promote  the  liberal  and  practical  education  of  the 
industrial  classes  in  the  several  pursuits  and  professions  in  life. 

Section  5.  And  be  it  further  enacted , That  the  grant  of  land  and 
land  scrip  hereby  authorized,  shall  be  made  on  the  following  condi- 
tions, to  which,  as  well  as  to  the  provisions  hereinbefore  contained, 

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the  previous  assent  of  the  several  States  shall  bo  signified  by  legisla- 
tive acts: 

First,  If  any  portion  of  the  fund  invested,  as  provided  by  the 
foregoing  section,  or  any  portion  of  the  interest  thereon  shall  .by  any 
act  or  contingency  be  diminished  or  lost,  it  shall  be  replaced  by  the 
State  to  which  it  belongs,  so  that  the  capital  of  the  fund  shall  remain 
forever  undiminished ) and  the  annual  interest  shall  be  regularly 
applied  without  diminution  to  the  purposes  mentioned  in  the  fourth 
section  of  this  act,  except  that  a sum  not  exceeding  ten  per  centum 
upon  the  amount  received  by  any  State  under  the  provisions  of  this 
act,  may  be  expended,  for  the  purchase  of  lands  for  sites  or  experi- 
mental farms  whenever  authorized  by  the  respective  legislatures  of 
said  States. 

Second,  No  portion  of  said  fund,  nor  the  interest  thereon,  shall  be 
applied  directly  or  indirectly  under  any  pretense  whatever,  to  the 
purchase,  erection,  preservation  or  repair  of  any  building  or  buildings. 

Third , Any  State  which  may  take  and  claim  the  benefit  of  the 
provisions  of  t his^act,  shall  provide  within  five  years,  at  least  not  less 
than  one  college,  as  described  in  the  fourth  section  of  this  act,  or  the 
grant  to  such  State  shall  cease,  and  said  State  shall  be  bound  to  pay 
the  United  States  the  amount  received  of  any  lands  previously  sold, 
and  the  title  to  purchasers  under  the  State  shall  be  valid. 

Fourth , An  annual  report  shall  be  made  regarding  the  progress  of 
each  college,  recording  any  improvements  and  experiments  made, 
with  their  cost  and  results,  and  such  other  matters,  including  State 
industrial  and  economical  statistics,  as  may  be  supposed  useful  ; one 
copy  of  which  shall  &e  transmitted  by  mail  free,  by  each  to  all  the 
other  colleges  which  may  be  endowed  under  this  act,  and  also  one  to 
the  Secretary  of  the  Interior. 

Fifth.  When  lands  shall  be  selected  from  those  which  have  been 
raised  to  double  the  minimum  price,  in  consequence  of  railroad  grants, 
they  shall  be  computed  to  the  States  at  the  maximum  price,  and  the 
number  of  acres  proportionally  diminished. 

Sixth,  No  State  while  in  a condition  of  rebellion  or  insurrection 
against  the  Government  of  the  United  States,  shall  be  entitled  to  the 
benefit  of  this  act. 

Seventh,  No  State  shall  be  entitled  to  the  benefit  of  this  act  unless 
it  shall  express  the  acceptance  thereof  by  the  legislature  within  two 
years  from  the  date  of  its  approval  by  the  President. 

Section  6.  And  be  it  further  enacted , That  land  scrip  issued  under 
rhe  provisions  of  this  act  shall  not  be  subject  to  location  until  after 
the  first  day  of  January,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty-three 


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Section  7.  And  be  it  further  enacted , That  the  land  officers  shall 
receive  the  same  fees  for  locating  land  scrip,  issued  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act  as  are  now  allowed  for  the  hxalion  ’of  military 
bounty  warrants  under  existing  laws;  Provided , That  maximum  com- 
pensation shall  not  be  thereby  increased. 

Section  8.  And  be  it  further  enacted , That  the  Governors  of  the 
several  States  to  which  scrip  shall  be  issued  under . this  act,  shall  be 
required  to  report  annually  to  Congress  all  sales  made  of  such  scrip 
until  the  whole  shall  be  disposed  of,  the  amount  received  for  the 
same,  and  what  appropriation  has  been  made  of  the  proceeds. 

Approved  July  2,  1862. 


A|t  y\CT 


TO  AMEND  THE  FIFTH  SECTION  OF  “ AN  ACT  ENTITLED  AN  ACT  DONATING 
PUBLIC  LANDS  TO  THE  SEVERAL  STATES  AND  TERRITORIES  WHICH 
MAY  PROVIDE  COLLEGES  FOR  THE  BENEFIT  OF  AGRICULTURE 
AND  THE  MECHANIC  ARTS,  ” APPROVED  JULY  2, 

1862.  SO  AS  TO  EXTEND  THE  TIME  WITHIN 
WHICH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SAID  ACT 
SHALL  BE  ACCEPTED  AND  SUCH 
COLLEGES  ESTABLISHED.  , 


Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House ■ of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled:  That  the  time  in  which  the 
soveral  States  may  comply  with  the  act  of  Juty  second,  eighteen  hun 
dred  and  sixty-two,  entitled  “ An  act  donating  public  lands  to  the  sev- 
eral States  and  Territories,  which  may  provide  colleges  for  the  benefit 
of  agriculture  and  the  mechanic  arts,  is  hereby  extended,  so  that  the 
acceptance  of  the  benefits  of  said  act  may  be  expressed  within  three 
years  from  the  passage  of  this  act,  and  the  colleges  required  by  said 
act  may  be  provided  within  five  years  from  the  date  of  the  filing  of 
such  acceptance  with  the  Commissioner  of  the  General  Land  Office; 
Provided,  That  when  any  Territory  shall  become  a State,  and  be  admit- 
ted into  the  Union,  such  new  State  shall  be  entitled  to  the  benefit  of  the 
act  of  July  second,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two.  by  expressing  the 


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acceptance  therein  required  within  three  years  from  the  date  of 
its  admission  into  the  Unionr  and  providing  the  college  or  colleges 
within  five  years  after  such  acceptance,  as  prescribed  in  this  act;  Pro- 
vided further,  That  any  State  which  has  heretofore  expressed  its  accept- 
anceof  the  act  herein  referred  to,  shall  have  the  period  of  five  years 
within  which  to  provide  at  least  one  college,  as  described  in  the  fourth 
section  of  said  act,  after  the  time  for  providing  said  college,  according 
to  the  act  of  July  second,  eight  en  hundred  and  sixty-two,  shall  have 
expired. 

Approved  July  23,  1866. 


OF  THE  STATE. 


GRANT  PROM  THE  UNITED  STATES. 


SECTION  . 


SECTION. 


Assent  of  State  to. 

State  to  perform  conditions  of. 
Transmission  of  act  to  Washington. 
When  grant  considered  accepted. 
Lands  and  land  scrip,  how  applied. 

FINANCIAL  AGENT. 


Trustees,  duties  of. 

Trustees  to  turn  property  over,  how. 

secretary  and  treasurer. 

Election  of,  how  provided  for. 
Treasurer  to  give  bond. 

Removal  of  Secretary  and  Treasurer 
Compensation. 


6. 

7. 


8. 

9. 


10, 


11. 

12. 

13. 

14, 


15. 

16. 

17. 

18. 


Who  shall  be. 

Duties  of. 

BOA  HD  OF  TRUSTEES. 


23. 


Buildings,  how  erected. 

Lands  donated  to  University,  how 


24. 


RULES  AND  REGULATIONS. 

How  prescribed. 

BODY  CORPORATE  AND  POLITIC. 

Powers  of  and  how  formed. 


deeded. 

Property  donated  or  bid,  how  dis- 
posed  of. 

Value  of  buildings. 

Duties  of  Board . 

Expenses,  how  paid. 

Rights  of  action  in  behalf  of  Uni- 
versity, how  provided  for. 

General  business  of  University,  how 
to  be  conducted. 

Salary  and  wages. 

Trusteeships  vacated. 

Board  ot  Trustees,  of  whom  to  con- 
sist. 


REMOVAL  OF  MEMBERS  FROM  BOARD  Of1 
TRUSTEES. 

25.  How  done. 

26.  Charges  against,  proceedings  on. 

27.  Examinations  and  process. 

BRANCH  NORMAL  COLLEGE. 

28 . How  to  be  located . 

29  . ( are  and  management  of. 

30.  Property  of. 

31.  Aid  to,  how  protected. 

32.  General  provision  for  protection  of- 


GRANT  FROM  THE  UNITED  STATES. 

Section  1.  The  State  of  Arkansas  hereby  signifies  her  assent  to 
the  grant  of  land  and  land  scrip  authorized  and  contained  in  the  act 
of  Congress  of  the  United  states  entitled  “ An  act  donating  public 
lands  to  the  several  States  and  Territories,  which  may  provide  colleges 
for  the  benefit  of  agriculture  and  the  mechanic  arts,”  approved  July 
2,  1862,  and  altogether  on  the  terms  and  conditions  in  said  act  pro- 
vided, and  also  to  the  act  of  Congress  entitled  “An  act  to  amend  the 
fifth  section  of  an  act  entitled  ‘An  act  donating  public  lands  to  the 
several  States  and  Territories  which  may  provide  colleges  for  the 
benefit  of  agriculture  and  the  mechanic  arts,  ’ approved  J uly  2,  1862, 


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bo  as  to  extend  to  the  time  within  which  the  provisions  of  said  act 
shall  be  accepted,  and  such  colleges  established,”  approved  July  23, 
1866 

Sec.  2.  The  State  of  Arkansas  shall  observe  and  perform  the 
conditions  in  said  enactment  of  July  2,  1862,  contained  and  provided, 
that  is  to  say  : , 

First  Th<‘  State  of  Arkansas  will  replace  any  portion  of  the  fund 
provided  by  section  four  of  said  act,  or  any  portion  of  the  interest 
thereon,  which  shall  by  any  action  or  contingency  be  diminished  or 
lost,  so  that  the  capital  fund  shall  remain  forever  undiminished,  and 
will  apply  the  annual  interest  thereon  regularly  without  diminution 
io  the  purposes  mentioned  in  the  fourth  section  of  the  said  act  of 
Congress,  subject  o ly  to  the  exception  contained  in  section  five  of 
the  act  last  referr  1 to. 

Second , The  State  of  Arkansas  further  assenting,  agrees  that  no 
portion  of  said  fund,  no"  the  interest  thereon,  shall  be  applied  directly 
or  indirectly  under  any  pretense  whatever  to  the  purchase,  erection, 
or  preservation  or  repair  of  any  building  or  buildings. 

Third , The  State  of  Arkansas  further  agrees  to  provide  at  least 
not  less  than  one  college,  as  described  in  the  fourth  section  of  said  act 
of  Congress,  and  in  accordance  with  the  act  amendatory  of  said  act, 
and  also  to  pay  the  United  States  the  amount  received  of  any  lands 
previously  sold  to  which  title  of  purchasers  was  valid. 

Fourth , The  State  of  Arkansas  further  agrees  that  an  annual  leport 
shall  be  made  regarding  the  progress  of  each  college  in  accordance 
with  paragraph  four  of  section  five  of  said  act  of  Congress  of  July 
2,  1862. 

Sec.  3.  The  secretary  of  State  shall  transmit  to  the  Commissioner 
of  the  General  Land  Office  at  Washington,  and  cause  to  be  filed  in  the 
office  of  said  Commissioner,  a duly  authenticated  copy  of  this  act. 

Sec  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect  from  the  date  of  its  passage,  as  an 
act  of  acceptance  of  the  grant  of  Congress  before  referred  to,  and 
from  the  date  of  the  same  with  the  Commissioner  of  the  General 
Land  Office,  as  the  time  for  providing  of  the  colleges,  as  required  by 
said  aet  of  Congress  of  July  2,  1862. 

Act  of  January  31,  1866.  (a  ) 

Sec.  5 Such  lands  and  land  scrip  as  may  accrue  to  this  State  by 
virtue  of  an  act  of  the  Congress  of  the  United.  States  entitled  “An 
act  donating  public  lands  to  the  several  States  and  Territories,  which 


(a.)  A duly  authenticated  copy  of  this  act  was  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Com- 
missioner of  the  General  Land  Office  at  Washington,  D.  C..  February  12,  18G7n 


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may  provide  colleges  for  the  benefit  of  agriculture  and  the  mechanic 
arts,”  approved  July  2,  1862,  and  the  act  amendatory  thereof,  shall, 
together  with  the  avails  thereof,  be  devoted  and  forever  applied  to  the 
endowment  and  maintenance,  under  such  laws  or  articles  of  incorpora* 
tion  as  may  be  by  the  General  Assembly  hereafter  provided,  of  an 
institution  of  learning  to  be  st3Tled  the  “ Arkansas  Industrial  Univer- 
sity. ” wherein  shall  be  taught,  in  addit  on  to  the  usual  course  of 
study  prescribed  in  universities,  the  science  and  practice  of  agriculture, 
the  mechanic  arts,  engineering,  and  military  science  and  tactics;  tui  ion 
in  such  university  to  be  as  near  as  ma}7  be  without  charge,  and  pupils 
to  be  apportioned  to  the  several  counties  as  the  Legislature  may  pres- 
cribe; Provided , There  shall  be  established  honorary  scholarships 
without  charge  for  the  benefit  of  descendants  of  soldiers  and  seamen 
who  served  in  the  armies  and  Xavy  of  the  United  States  during  the 
late  rebellion,  preference  being  given  to  the  descendants  of  such  as 
died  or  were  disabled  in  said  service;  and  also  one  honorary  scholar- 
ship to  each  county,  to  be  selected  for  superior  merit  and  proficiency 
from  the  public  schools  of  such  county. 

Act  July  23,  1868,  section  two. 

FINAV€TA.L  AGENT, 

Sec.  6.  The  Treasurer  of  State  shall  bt>  a financial  agent  and 
trustee  of  said  State,  to  apply  for  and  receive  of  the  United  States 
Government  all  the  land  scrip  to  which  this  Sta  e may  be  entitled  by 
reason  of  her  acceptance  of  the  provisions  of  the  act  of  Congress 
entitled  “An  act  donating  public  lands  to  the  several  States  and  Ter* 
ritories  which  may  provide  colleges  for  the  benefit  of  agiiculture  and 
the  mechanic  arts,”  approved  July  2,  1862,  and  the  act  amendatorv 
thereof. 

Act  March  27,  1871,  section  one. 

Sec.  7.  The  Treasurer  of  State  is  hereb}*  fully  empowered  to  offer 
and  sell  said  land  scrip  in  whatever  market  he  can  dispose  of  the 
same,  or  any  part  thereof,  to  the  best  advantage  of  said  State,  and  with 
the  proceeds  of  such  sale  to  purchase  interest-bearing  bonds  of  the 
United  States,  such  scrip  to  be  sold  at  the  highest  market  rates,  and 
such  bonds  to  be  purchased  at  the  lowest  prices  for  which  they  can  be 
had  in  any  market ; or,  if  more  advantageous,  the  Treasurer  of  State, 
as  financial  agent,  may,  upon  the  best  practical  terms,  buy  the  bonds  of 
Washington  county,  Arkansas,  and  the  bonds  of  the  town  of  Fayette- 
ville, Arkansas,  issued  for  the  purpose  of  securing  the  location  of  said 
Arkansas  Industrial  University  at  said  town  and  county;  Provided , 
Such  financial  agent  shall  be  subject  to  the  direction  and  control  of  the 
Hoard  of  Trustees  hereinafter  mentioned,  and  he  shall  not  pay  for 


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said  bonds  a greater  sum  per  dollar  than  may  be  sanctioned  by  reso- 
lution of  said  Board. 

Act  March  13,  1873. 

BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES. 

Sec.  8.  Upon  the  location  of  the  Arkansas  Industrial  University 
as  herein  provided  for,  the  Board  of  Trustees  may  employ  such  archi- 
tects and  mechanics  as  may  be  thought  best,  and  the  general  plan  and 
specifications  of  such  buildings  as  are  to  be  erected  before  the  regular 
meeting  of  the  next  General  Assembly  shall  be  agreed  upon  ; and  the 
said  Board  shall  give  public  notice  and  receive  bids  for  the  furnishing 
of  material  and  erection  of  such  buildings  as  a whole  or  in  parts,  as 
to  them  shall  seem  best;  and  they  are  empowered  to  appoint  a 
committee  or  committees,  of  their  own  number,  or  of  other  discreet 
citizens,  to  receive  bids  and  enter  into  contract  or  contracts  for  such 
materials  and  work,  with  power  to  reject  bids  deemed  too  high  or  of 
parties  not  solvent  or  sufficiently  secured,  and  such  further  discre- 
tionary powers  as  may  be  deemed  advisable ; and  also  to  appoint  such 
commissioners,  architects  or  other  superintendent  of  the  buildings  as 
may  be  necessary  from  time  to  time  to  inspect  the  same,  and  see  that 
payments  are  not  made  upon  the  work  unless  the  same  comes  fully  up 
to  the  plan  and  specifications  agreed  upon  by  said  Board  ; payments 
to  be  made  upon  material  and  work  according  to  contract,  upon  the 
certificate  of  the  architect  or  inspector  and  the  Building  Committee, 
approved  by  the  President  of  the  Board,  and  out  of  the  funds  herein- 
after provided  for. 

Sec.  9.  Upon  the  assent  of  said  Board  to  accept  lands  or  other 
property  upon  the  terms  and  for  the  purposes  herein  specified,  the 
same  shall  be  deeded  by  the  subscribers  or  donors  to  the  State  of 
Arkansas  for  the  use  and  benefit  of  said  Industrial  University. 

Sec.  10.  All  property  or  bonds  donated  or  bid  as  herein  provided 
for,  and  accepted  by  said  Board  of  Trustees  as  aforesaid,  shall  consti- 
tute a part  of  the  fund  of  said  Industrial  University,  and  such  bonds 
shall  be  held  by  said  financial  agent,  to  be  by  him  sold  or  deposited 
under  the  direction  of  said  Board;  Provided,  That,  if  said  bonds  are 
offered  for  sale,  they  shall  be  first  advertised  in  the  countv  where  issued, 
and  there  offered  for  sale  at  such  price  as  may  be  fixed  by  said  Board, 
and  they  shall  not  thereafter  be  sold  in  any  other  market  for  a less 
sum  than  that  at  which  they  were  offered  in  said  county  until  they  are 
again  offered  in  the  county  at  such  reduced  rates  as  are  agreed  upon, 
said  bonds  to  be  issued  in  equal  numbers  of  five  hundred  and  one  thou- 
sand dollars  each,  with  coupons  for  the  amount  of  the  accruing  interest 
thereto  attached,  which  bonds  and  coupons  shall  be  procured  by  the 


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said  financial  agent,  and  each  bond  shall  be  presented  to  and  signed  by 
the  presiding  judge  of  such  County  Court,  or  the  presiding  officer  of 
such  town  or  City  Council,  and  said  bonds  and  coupons  thereto 
attached  shall  be  signed  by  the  clerk  of  such  county  or  the  recording 
• •fficerof  such  town  or  city,  and  the  overdue  coupons  of  such  bonds 
shall  always  be  receivable  for  all  taxes  of  the  county  or  corporation 
by  which  they  were  issued. 

Sec.  11.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  Board  to  cause  to  be  erected, 
upon  such  location  as  they  may  select,  with  all  practical  speed,  suitable 
buildings  of  a value  fully  equal  to  the  donations,  bids  and  subscriptions 
made  b\  the  county  corporation  and  individuals  where  such  subscribe 
tion  is  made,  and  said  county  or  corporation  shall  not  be  required  to 
pay  interest  on  the  bonds  that  may  be  issued  by  it  more  than  one  year, 
until  said  buildings  are  erected  and  a school  organized  therein;  and 
should  such  county  or  corporation  be  required  to  pay  more  than  one 
year’s  interest  on  such  bonds  before  such  school  is  organized,  the  amount 
so  paid  shall  be  refunded  to  it  by  the  State.  And  it  is  hereby  made 
the  absolute  duty  of  the  hoard  of  Supervisors  of  the  county  or  corpo- 
ration council  issuing  such  bonds  to  annually  levy  a tax  and  collect  in 
currency  or  over-due  coupons  of  such  bonds  a sum  fully  sufficient  to 
pay  all  accruing  interest  on  such  bonds  and  incidental  expenses  con- 
nected therewith,  and,  upon  failure  to  do  so,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  any 
court  of  competent  jurisdiction,  upon  the  application  of  any  one  or 
more  holders  of  such'  bonds  to  compel  such  Hoard  of  Supervisors  or 
Council  forthwith  to  levy  and  collect  such  sums  as  will  fully  pay  all 
such  interest  as  herein  provided  for  (6). 

Sec.  12.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  Board  of  Trustees  to  have 
provided  suitable  furniture  for  said  University,  and  to  employ  all  nec- 
essary supervisors,  professors  and  teachers,  agents  or  servants  required 
to  organize  and  carry  on  such  University  according  to  the  true  spirit 
and  intent  of  the  acts  of  Congress  in  reference  thereto,  with  a normal 
department  therein,  as  in  this  act  provided;  but  they  shall  observe 
strict  economy,  and  incur  no  incidental  expenses  and  fill  no  professor- 
ships not  absolutely  required  in  the  earlier  sessions  of  said  Universtiy 
but  they  may  from  time  to  time,  as  the  finances  will  allow,  and  the 
advancement  and  necessities  of  the  institution  require,  fill  other  chairs, 
and  add  to  the  building  furniture,  libraries,  apparatus  and  other  things 
proper  to  the  full  operation  and  well  being  of  a first-class  university. 

( b ) The  Arkansas  Industrial  University  was  located  under  this  act  at  Fay- 
etteville, in  the  county  of  Washington,  in  the  latter  part  of  the  year  1871,  the 
county  of  Washington  voting  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  and  the  town  of 
Fayetteville  thirty  thousand  dollars,  in  thirty  year  eight  per  cent  bonds,  to  the 
University,  upon  condition  that  it  should  be  located  where  it  now  is.  The  Uni- 
versity was  formally  opened  for  the  reception  of  pupils  January  22. 1872. 

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Sec-  13.  The  President  of  the  Board  and  the  financial  agent 
herein  named  shall  attend  at  the  times  and  places  herein  named  and 
required,  and  shall  perform  all  such  duties  as  are  herein  required  or 
may  be  directed  by  said  Board,  without  salary  or  fees,  or  any  com- 
pensation whatsoever  except  such  as  they  now  receive  for  other 
services  for  the  State;  but  their  own  and  the  Trustees’  necessary  trav- 
eling expenses  and  board  bills,  and  other  necessary  incidental  expenses 
in  carrying  this  act.  into  effect,  shall  be  paid  by  the  State,  upon  the 
official  certificate  of  the  person  incurring  such  expense  being  approved 
by  the  President  of  the  Board,  which  shall  be  a voucher  in  the  office 
of  the  Auditor  of  State.  Said  Trustees  shall  each  receive  two  dollars 
and  fifty  cents  for  each  day  necessarily  consumed  on  duty  as  such 
Trustees,  payable  as  above  provided  for. 

Sec.  14.  The  State  of  Arkansas,  for  the  use  of  said  University, 
shall  have  a right  of  action  against  any  and  all  persons  who  may 
commit  trespass  against  or  upon  any  of  the  property  or  effects  of  said 
University  or  upon  the  breach  of  any  covenant,  contract  or  promise 
made  with  said  School  Board  or  any  sub  committee  or  agent  appointed 
by  such  Board,  proceedings  may  be  prosecuted  by  the  Prosecuting 
Attorney  of  the  district,  or  such  counsel  as  may  be  employed  under 
the  direction  of  said  Board;  and  if  sued  all  the  law  officers  of  the 
State  shall,  free  of  charge,  defend  said  Board,  their  committees  or 
agents,  in  all  matters  growing  out  of  acts  done  in  connection  with  the 
business  of  said  University. 

Sec.  15.  All  things  necessary  tu  be  had  or  done  to  carry  this  act 
into  full  force  and  effect,  and  to  completely  organize  and  put  in  full 
operation  the  University  herein  provided  for,  and  not  specially  named 
herein,  shall  be  done  by  or  under  the  direction  of  said  Board  of  Trus- 
tees, and  they  and  their  committees  and  agentsshall  keep  full  accounts 
of  all  expenditures;  and  the  President  of  said  Board,  in  his  biennial 
report  to  the  Governor,  shall  fully  set  forth  the  advancement  and  con- 
dition of  the  University,  the  extent  of  the  real  estate,  improvements, 
and  other  property  owned  by  it,  and  a detailed  account  of  all  expendi- 
tures made  by  such  Board,  or  under  its  direction,  in  reference  to  any 
and  all  business  connected  with  said  University,  and  shall  recommend 
such  further  legislation  as  the  interest  of  the  institution  may  require. 

Sec.  16.  Said  Board  of  Trustees  shall  fix.  and  from  time  to  time 
regula  e the  fees,  allowances,  salaries  and  wages  to  be  paid  architects, 
inspectors,  professors,  teachers,  agents,  committees,  servants,  or  other 
necessary  employees ; and  they  shall  observe  rigid  economy  in  such 
expenditures,  and  each  of  said  Trustees  shall  fake  an  oath,  before 
entering  upon  duty  to  faithfully  and  diligently  discharge  his  duties 
according  to  law. 

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Sec.  17.  All  Trusteeships  created  by  or  under  the  provisions  of 
the  act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State,  entitled  “ An  act  for  the 
location,  organization  and  maintenance  of  the  Arkansas  Industrial 
University,  with  a Normal  Department  therein,  ” approved  March  27. 
1871,  are  hereby  vacated,  and  all  the  authority  and  power  of  said 
University,  Trustees  and  Committeemen  appointed  or  elected  by  or 
under  them,  are  revoked. 

Sec.  18.  Until  further  provided  by  law,  the  Board  of  Trustees  of 
said  University  shall  consist  of  Dudley  E.  Jones,  L.  Gregg,  A.  W. 
Dinsmore,  James  M Johnson,  M.  F.  Lake,  J.  C.  Walker  and  Wood 
E.  Thompson,  and  the  Governor  of  the  State  for  the  time  being,  and 
the  President  of  said  University,  and  they  shall  have  all  authority  and 
necessary  powers  to  cany  out  the  provisions  of  said  act,  and  all  sub- 
sequent acts  supplemental  to  or  amendatory  thereof.  The  Governor 
shall  ex  officio  be  President  of  said  Board,  and  in  his  absence  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Board  shall  elect  one  of  their  number  President.  In  case 
of  a tie,  the  President  of  the  Board,  the  President  of  the  University, 
and  Secretary  of  the  Board  by  majority,  shall  cast  the  deciding  vote; 
in  all  other  cases  they  shall  each  have  one  vote  as  other  members  of 
the  Board.  A majority  of  said  Trustees  shall  constitute  a quorum  to 
do  business,  but  a less  number  may  adjourn  from  time  to  time  and  send 
for  absent  members;  Provided , If  said  Trustees  shall  fail  to  accept  the 
positions  herein  tendered  them,  or  if  a vacancy  should  otherwise  occur, 
when  the  Legislature  is  not  in  session,  the  same  shall  be  filled  by  the 
Governor  by  appointment. 

Sec.  19.  It  is  made  the  duty  of  each  of  said  Trustees  herein  des- 
ignated to  attend  a board  meeting  at  the  University  buildings,  near 
Fayetteville,  on  the  last  Thursday  in  June,  eighteen  hundred  and 
seventy-four  (1874,)  and  they  shall  meet  at  said  place  annually  there- 
after; and  they  shall  have  power  to  hold  adjourned  meetings,  when 
the  business  of  the  University  actually  requires  it,  or  the  President  of 
the  Board  may  call  a meeting  of  the  Board  when  he  is  satisfied  the 
interests  of  the  University  require  it,  or  when  five  members  of  the 
Board  petition  him  so  to  do. 

Sec.  20.  Each  of  the  Trustees  whose  office  is  vacated  by  this  act 
is  required  forthwith  to  turn  over  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  State,  or  the 
President  of  said  University,  all  moneys,  title  papers,  books; stationery, 
and  other  property  or  effects,  of  every  kind  whatever,  in  his  possession 
and  belonging  to  said  University,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  Presi- 
dent and  Treasurer  of  State  to  give  a receipt  for  said  property,  etc., 
and  they  shall  severally  thereafter  be  responsible  for  all  they  may 
respectively  receipt  for,  and  the  same  shall  be  held  subj«ct  to  the  order 
of  the  Board  or  the  President  thereof. 

Act  May  30,  1874,  sections  1,  2,  4 and  5. 


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SECRETARY  AND  TREASURER. 

Sec.  21.  At  the  annual  meetings  of  said  Board  they  shall  elect  one 
of  their  number  Secretary  and  another  Treasurer,  and  such  committees 
as  to  them  may  appear  necessary  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  the 
act  aforesaid,  and,  until  such  elections  are  held,  Dudley  E Jones  shall 
act  as  Secretaiy  of  said  Board,  and  the  President  of  said  University 
shall  act  as.  Treasurer,  and  he  shall  be  responsible  upon  his  official 
bond  heretofore  given  for  his  acts  as  such  Treasurer,  and  for  all  funds 
that  may  come  into  his  hands  belonging  to  said  University,  and  A.  W. 
Dinsmore,  L.  Gregg  and  James  M.  Johnson  shall  act  as  a building  com- 
mittee, and  shall  have  the  same  powers  and  perform  the  same  duties 
as  the  former  building  committee  of  said  Board. 

Ibid,  section  3. 

Sec.  22.  Such  Treasurer  shall  give  bond  to  the  State  of  Arkansas, 
with  approved  security,  in  such  sum  as  the  Board  shall  adjudge  amply 
sufficient  to  secure  the  funds  of  the  institution  from  loss,  which  bond 
shall  be  filed  with  the  Secretary  of  State.  The  Board  shall  have 
power  to  remove  the  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  and  they  may  allow 
them  a reasonable  compensation  for  their  services,  not  to  exceed  the 
sum  allowed  herein  to  Trustees  for  the  time  actually  employed.  Said 
reasurer,  under  the  direction  of  the  Board,  may  draw  from  the  Treas- 
urer of  the  State  such  sums  as  may  be  deemed  necessary  for  the  ready 
payment  for  building  and  other  accruing  expenses;  Provided , He  shall 
at  no  time  draw  or  have  on  hand  more  than  ten  thousand  dollars, 
and  the  same  shall  be  paid  out  as  the  Board  shall  direct. 

RULES  AND  REGULATIONS. 

Sec.  23.  Said  Board  of  Trustees  shall  have  power  to  prescribe  all 
necessary  rules  and  regulations  for  the  government  and  discipline  of 
said  University,  and  prescribe  the  grade  and  number  of  honorary 
scholarships,  and  prescribe  the  rules  by  which  scholars  who  are  to  be 
admitted  free  shall  be  elected  equally  from  the  various  parts  of  the 
State,  subject  to  such  changes  as  the  legislature  may  hereafter  make. 

BODY  CORPORATE  AND  POLITIC. 

Sec.  24.  Said  Board  of  Trustees  are  authorized  and  empowered 
to  form  themselves  into  a body  corporate  and  politic,  under  the  gen- 
eral laws  of  this  State  now  existing,  or  hereafter  to  be  put  in  force  ; 
and  upon  the  complete  formation  and  organization  of  such  a corpora- 
ion,  they  shall  have  and  exercise  all  the  powers  and  privileges, 
allowed  by  the  Constitution  and  laws  of  the  State  to  any  like  corpo- 
ration, in  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  location,  organization,  maiute- 


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nance  and  regulation  or  support  of  said  University. 

Act  March  27.  1871. 

REMOVAL  OF  MEMBER  FROM  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES. 

Sec.  2”>.  Hereafter  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Arkansas  Indus- 
trial Hniversity,  for  an}"  cause  by  them  deemed  sufficient,  shall  have 
power,  by  a majority  vote,  taken  at  any  regular  meeting,  to  remove 
any  member  from  said  Board  : Provided , That  no  member  shall  be 
so  removed  without  as  many  as  five  of  such  Trustees  voting  for  such 
removal ; and  when  an}’  member  of  said  Board  shall  be  so  removed, 
the  votes  of  the  Trustees  shall  be  recorded,  and  the  President  of  the 
Board  shall  make  a certificate,  showing  the  result  of  such  vote,  and 
transmit  the  same  without  delay  to  the  Governor  of  the  State,  who 
shall  at  once  declare  the  commission  which  had  been  issued  to  such 
removed  Trustee  vacated,  and  he  shall  appoint  and  commission  some 
competent  man  to  fill  the  vacancy  so  occasioned. 

Sec.  20.  The  said  Board  of  Trustees  are  hereby  fully  empowered 
and  authorized,  either  as  a Board  or  through  any  committee  they  may 
select  or  appoint,  to  inquire  into  and  fully  investigate  any  and  all 
charges  that  have  been  or  may  be  preferred  against  any  Trustee  of 
said  Board,  or  any  member  of  any  committee  appointed  by  or  under 
the  direction  of  said  Board,  or  any  contractor,  architect,  builder,  em- 
ploye, agent,  or  other  person  acting  by  agreement  with,  or  authority 
of,  or  under  said  Board  of  Trustees  or  any  of  the  committees  of  said 
Board,  in  any  capacity  whatever,  and  for  the  purposes  of  such  investi- 
gations or  inquiry,  said  Board  or  any  committee  appointed  by  them 
shall  hold  meetings  in  the  State  at  such  time  and  place  as  may  be 
designated  by  the  Board  orb}’  the  committee  so  appointed,  and  the 
Chairman  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  said  Board  for  the  time 
being  shall  have  full  and  ample  power  to  issue  all  necessary  process 
for 'summoning  and  compelling  the  attendance  before  such  Board  or 
committee,  and  may  impose  upon  all  witnesses  who  refuse  to  obey 
such  process  or  to  testify  fully  and  explicitly  before  such  Board  or 
committee  in  reference  to  any  and  all  such  matters  as  may  be  the 
subject  of  inquiry,  all  the  pains  and  penalties  that  might  or  could  be 
imposed  upon  such  witness  by  the  Circuit  Court  in  any  case,  if  he  were 
to  fail  and  refuse  to  appearand  testify  before  the  proper  Circuit  Court 
of  his  county,  in  a cause  or  matter  legally  pending  therein,  after  being 
duly  summoned  to  so  appear  and  testify  therein;  and  said  process 
issued  by  the  Chairman  of  said  Executive  Committee  may  be  directed 
to  any  Sheriff,  Coroner  or  Constable  in  this  State,  and  if  such  officer 
fails,  neglects  or  refuses  to  execute  such  process,  he  shall  be  subject  to 
all  the  forfeitures,  pains  and  penalties  which  might  or  would  be  im- 


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posed  upon  him  for  failingj  neglecting  or  refusing  to  serve  necessary 
or  proper  process  from  a Circuit  Court  in  his  own  county;  and  such 
fine,  imprisonment  and  penalties  as  can  be  so  assessed  shall  be  enforced 
and  carried  out  upon  the  order  of  such  Chairman  of  the  Executive 
Committee,  which  Chairman  shall  be  required  to  have  no  commission 
to  so  act  except  as  a member  of  the  Board,  and  a certificate  of  his 
election  or  appointment  to  such  place  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  or  the 
President  of  such  Board. 

Sec.  27.  The  material  parts  of  all  examinations  and  inquiries  had 
by  any  committee  shall  be  reduced  to  writing  and  laid  before  the 
Board  for  their  action,  and  process  under  this  act  shall  run  in  the 
name  of  the  State,  and  officers  and  witnesses  shall  execute  and  obey 
the  same  without  any  advanced  fees  or  compensation,  and  their 
accounts  or  claims  for  such  service  or  attendance, or  other  costs  arising 
in  such  investigation,  shall  be  presented  to  said  Board  of  Trustees, 
and  they  shall,  through  their  President,  order  certificates  issued  upon 
their  treasurer  for  reasonable  compensation. 

Act  April  5,  1873. 

BRANCH  NORMAL  COLLEGE. 

Sec.  28.  The  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Arkansas  Industrial  Uni- 
versity are  hereby  authorized  to  take  into  consideration  the  interests 
of  the  State,  and  especially  the  convenience  and  well  being  of  the 
poorer  classes,  and  to  select  a suitable  site  and  locate  thereon  a branch 
Normal  College,  which  location,  owing  to  the  principal  college  being- 
located  in  the  northwestern  portion  of  the  State,  shall  be  made  soutlv 
east,  or  east  or  south  of  the  county  of  Pulaski. 

Sec.  29.  When  said  Branch  Normal  College  shall  be  located, 
organized  and  put  in  operation,  it  shall  be  under  the  care  and  manage- 
ment of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Arkansas  Industrial  University, 
and  said  branch  college  shall  in  all  things  be  governed  by  the  same 
rules  and  regulations  as  said  principal  college,  and  pupils  shall  be 
admitted  into  it  in  like  numbers,  and  upon  the  same  conditions,  and 
with  like  qualifications  and  recommendations  as  they  are  or  shall  be 
admitted  into  said  principal  college ; and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said 
Board  of  Trustees,  and  they  are  hereby  required  to  furnish  said 
branch  college  with  professors  and  teachers,  and  other  necessary 
employes,  equal  in  numbers,  attainments  and  other  desirable  quali- 
fications to  those  furnished  and  employed  in  said  principal  Normal 
College  now  organized  as  a department  in  said  University  and  they 
shall  prescribe  the  same  books,  the  same  course  of  study,  like  training 
and  proficiency  as  may  be  directed,  adopted  and  required  in- said  princi- 
pal college,  and  they  shall  confer  upon  graduates  thereof  like  honors, 


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135 


commendations  and  degrees  to  those  had  or  given  in  said  principal 
Normal  College. 

Sec.  30.  All  property  purchased,  bequeathed,  donated  or  other- 
wise obtained  for  the  purposes  or  uses  of  this  branch  college,  shall 
be  received  and  conveyed  as  prescribed  in  the  act  to  which  this  is 
supplemental,  and  be  forever  held  and  appropriated  for  the  uses, 
purposes  and  benefits  of  this  branch  College. 

Sec.  31.’  The  said  Board  of  Trustees  are  authorized,  by  them- 
selves or  through  any  committee  they  may  appoint,  to  receive  aid  in 
money,  property,  or  other  valuable  effects  for  the  benefit  of  said 
institution,  from  any  and  all  individuals  towns  or  other  continuities  or 
corporations,  and  all  gifts,  devises  and  donations  that  can  be  had  to 
secure  the  location  or  to  aid  in  erecting  or  maintaining  said  branch 
college.  They  are  authorized  to  purchase  such  property  and  cause 
such  buildings  to  be  erected  thereon  as  they  may  deem  best  consistent 
with  the  amount  of  means  appropriated,  or  otherwise  obtained  for 
the  use  of  this  branch  college. 

Sec  32.  All  the  provisions  of  the  act,  to  which  this  is  a supple- 
ment, for  the  government  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  and  the  manage- 
ment of  the  University,  not  inconsistent  with  this  supplement  shall 
apply  and  be  observed  in  the  organization,  government  and  mainte- 
nance of  this  branch  college;  the  money  appropriated  to  carry  out 
the  objects  of  this  act  shall  be  subject  at  all  times  to  the  order  and 
control  of  said  Board,  to  be  drawn  from  the  Treasurer  of  the  State  upon 
their  order.  The  Treasurer  shall  receive  from  them  all  funds  they 
may  at  any  time  wish  to  deposit,  and  return  the  same,  or  any  part 
thereof,  in  such  funds  as  they  may  deposit,  upon  the  order  of  the 
the  Board  and  the  certificate  of  its  President;  and  said  Board  of 
Trustees  shall,  as  soon  as  practicable,  j>r°cecd  to  the  erection  of 
buildings  and  the  organization  of  said  branch  college. 

Act  April  25,  1873. 


AN  ACT 


CHANGING  BOARD  MEETINGS  AND  ESTABLISHING  THE  OFFICE  OF  REGENT 
FOR  TIIE  ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY,  AND 
FOR  OTHER  PURPOSES. 


Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Arkansas: 

Section  1.  That,  hereafter  the  annual  meetings  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  Arkansas  Industrial  University  shall  bo  at  the  Uni- 
versity buildings  on  Monday  of  the  last  week  of  the  Commencement 
exercises  of  each  year. 

Section  2.  Be  it  further  enacted , That  said  Board  of  Trustees  are 
authorized  to  elect  their  Secretary  of  their  own  number,  or  such  other 
competent  person  as  they  may  deem  proper,  that  the  Secretary  shall 
take  charge  and  control  of  such  property,  perform  all  such  labor  and 
services,  keep  such  books,  and  make  such  returns  as  the  Board  of 
Trustees  may  direct  or  require. 

Section  3.  Be  it  further  enacted , That  said  Board  of  Trustees  may 
elect  their  Treasurer  of  their  own  number,  or  such  other  person  as 
they  may  deem  proper.  Said  Treasurer  and  Secretary  shall  each 
execute  bond  to  the  State  of  Arkansas  for  the  use  of  the  University 
with  security  approved  by  the  Board,  or  the  President  thereof  in 
vacation,  in  such  sum  as  they  may  require  not  less  than  ten  thousand 
dollars  ($10,000)  for  the  faithful  performance  of  all  the  duties  that  may 
appertain  to  their  respective  offices,  which  bonds  shall  be  filed  in  the 
office  of  Secretary  of  State. 

Section  4.  Be  it  further  enacted , That  said  Board  of  Trustees  are 
"hereby  empowered,  if  the  interest  of  the  University  require,  to  elect 
a Begent  who  shall  be  a practical  farmer,  to  take  control  of  the  agri- 
cultural and  mechanical  departments,  and  who  shall  be  Secretary  of 
the  Board,  and  he  shall  have  the  care  and  supervision  of  all  the 
property  appertaining  to  said  University,  and  he  shall  be  responsible 
or  the  preservation  and  management  thereof ; he  shall  at  all  times  be 


• ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


137 


subject  to  the  orders  of  the  Board  or  removal  thereby;  and  he  shall 
from  time  to  time,  make  such  inventories  of  property,  keep  such 
books  and  make  such  reports  as  may  be  required  by  the  Board,  and 
perform  such  service  in  the  management  of  the  farm,  orchard  and 
mechanical  departments  or  other  labor,  as  may  be  directed  by  the 
Board,  and  he  shall  give  bond  and  security  as  above  required  of  the 
Secretary,  for  the  faithful  discharge  of  all  the  duties  required  of  him, 
and  he  shall  receive  from  the  State  a salary  to  be  fixed  by  the  Board, 
not  exceeding  one  thousand  dollars;  Provided , That  the  said  Recent 
shall  not  receive  any  other  or  further  compensation  for  the  discharge 
of  the  duties  of  Regent  and  Secretary. 

Section  5.  And  be  it  further  enacted , That  a Board  of  Visitors  for 
said  University  is  hereby  created,  to  consist  of  six  gentlemen  from 
different  portions  of  the  State,  to  be  selected  by  the  Governor,  for 
their  learning,  integrity  and  business  qualifications,  whose  duty  it 
shall  be  to  visit  said  University,  at  least  once  in  each  year,  at  such 
time  as  may  be  designated  by  the  Governor,  and  as  often  as  he  may 
deem  necessary,  not  exceeding  once  in  each  term.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  said  Visitors  to  carefully  examine  into  all  the  departments  of 
said  University,  and  fully  report  thereon  to  the  Governor,  and  through 
him  to  the  General  Assembly,  and  suggest  such  changes,  make  such 
recommendations  and  . petition  for  such  legislation  as  the  interests  of 
the  University  may  require.  Any  three  of  said  Board  may  form  a 
quorum,  and  in  discharge  of  their  duties  they,  or  any  committee 
they  may  appoint  of  their  own  number,  are  fully  authorized  to 
call  for  and  examine  all  books,  papers,  vouchers  and  reports  in  any 
manner  appertaining  to  any  department  in  said  University,  and  they 
may  examine  on  oath  any  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  or 
Faculty,  any  student  or  employe  or  other  person  in  reference  to  the 
expenditure  of  moneys,  the  management  of  the  University,  its  effects 
or  any  other  matter  or  thing  relating  thereto.  Said  Visitors  may 
elect  their  own  chairman,  and  appoint  of  their  number  such  com- 
mittees as  they  may  deem  proper,  and  their  chairman  is  authorized  to 
issue  subpoenas  and  administer  oaths,  and  they  and  each  member 
thereof  shall  be  allowed  during  all  business  hours  to  visit  any  and  all 
class  and  other  rooms,  hear  recitations,  and  observe  the  mode  and 
efficiency  of  instruction  and  the  discipline  maintained  in  the  different 
departments. 

Section  6.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Boatd  of  Trustees  to  appor- 
tion the  number  of  beneficiaries  or  scholars  who  are  admitted  as 
students  in  the  University  free  of  tuition,  among  the  several  counties 
of  the  State,  according  to  population,  and  to  notify  the  Judge  of  the 
County  Court  of  each  county  of  the  number  of  beneficiaries  appor- 
9* 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


13* 


tinned  to  the  county  at  least  one  month  prior  to  the  annual  meeting 
of  the  County  Court  lor  the  purpose  of  levying  taxes,  and  it  shall  be 
(he  duty’  of  the  ( ounty’  Court  at  the  annual  meeting  aforesaid,  to 
appoint  from  actual  residents  and  citizens  of  the  county,  the  number 
of  beneficiaries  apportioned  to  the  county,  a preference  being  given  to 
those  noted  lor  diligence  and  proficiency  in  stud}’,  and  the  appoint- 
ments so  made  shall  be  entered  of  record  in  the  proceedings  of  said 
court.  Any  vacancies  in  the  number  of  beneficiaries  during  the  terms 
of  the  University,  shall  be  filled  by  appointment  by  the  Judge 
of  the  County  Court.  Any  beneficiaries  appointed  as  herein  pre- 
scribed, shall  comply  with  the  rules  and  regulations  provided  by  the 
Board  of  Trust*  es  in  reference  to  beneficiaries  in  the  University.  It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Judge  of  the  County  Court,  immediately 
upon  receiving  notification  from  the  Board  of  Trustees  as  above  pro- 
vided, to  give  notice  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  law  for  the  publi- 
cation of  legal  notices,  of  the  number  of  beneficiaries  allowed  to  the 
county,  and  of  the  time,  manner  and  place  of  making  appointments  to 
the  same,  and  no  person  shall  be  admitted  to  the  said  University  as  a 
beneficiary,  who  has  not  been  appointed  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
visions of  this  section. 

Section  7.  That  upon  the  certificate  of  the  respective  Visitors 
approved  by  the  Governor,  the  State  shall  pay  all  the  necessary 
expenses  the  Visitors  incurred  in  the  discharge  of  their  duties 
herein  prescribed,  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  March  G,  1875. 


ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY. 


AN  ACT 


TO  REGULATE  THE  SALE  OF  ARDENT  SPIRITS  NEAR  THR  A RK A NaAS  INDUSTRIAL 

UNIVERSITY. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Arkansas : 

Section  1.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  sell  or  give 
away  vinous  or  ardent  spirits  within  three  miles  of  the  Arkansas 
Industrial  University,  except  the  same  be  for  medicinal  purposes,  as 
hereinafter  provided. 

Section  2.  Be  it  further  enacted , That  no  person  shall  sell  or  give 
away  any  vinous  or  ardent  spirits  within  three  miles  of  said  Univer- 
sity, unless  he  be  a regular  .practicing  physician,  and  not  until  he  has 
signed  and  sworn  to  an  affidavit  before  the  County  Clerk  of  Washing- 
ton county,  and  shall  have  had  the  same  duly  recorded,  which  affidavit 

shall  be  in  the  following  form  : I,  — - — — do  solemnly 

swear  that  I am  a regular  practicing  physician,  that  I will  not  sell  or 
give  away  any  vinous  or  ardent  spirits  to  any  one  unless  it  be  for 
medicinal  purposes,  and  believe  the  kind  and  quantitv  will  be  bene- 
ficial in  the  treatment  of  the  disease  under  which  the  patient  is 
suffering. 

Section  3.  Beit  further  enacted,  That  no  one  shall  be  excused  from 
the  pena'ty  of  this  act  who  may,  contrary  to  its  provisions,  sell,  or 
cause  to  be  sold,  intoxicating  drink,  by  reason  of  its  being  put  up  as 
bitters,  mixed  with  drugs,  or  vended  as  a medicine,  except  as  provided 
in  the  foregoing  sections. 

Section  4.  Be  it  further  enacted , That  any  person  violating  any  of 
the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor, 
and  for  each  offense  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  ten  nor  more  than  two 
hundred  dollars,  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage. 

Approved  March  6,  1875. 


ERRATA. 

Page  6,  last  line,  read  “ Ark.,  ” for  “ Pa,  ” 

Page  44,  sixth  line  from  the  top,  read  “ the  ” for  “ sheT 

Page  92,  thirteenth  line  from  the  bottom,  read  ‘*$40,329  00’*  for  “$4,0329  00^ 


INDEX. 


A 


PAGE. 

Aims  and  establishment  of  the  Uni- 


versity  17 

Account,  Cash  of  Secretary 71,  72 

Account  of  Treasurer 64,  65 

Account  Building  Fund 61,  62 

Account  State  Scrip 63 

Account  Farm,  of  Secretary 73 


Account,  Furniture,  of  Secretary....  75 

Account,  Library,  of  Secretary 75 

Account,  Apparatus,  of  Secretary...  76 
Account  Chemicals,  of  Secretary...  76 

Account,  Building,  of  Secretary 77 

Account,  Educational, 78,79 

Account  Incidental 79,  80,  81 


page. 


Account,  Stationery, 82 

Account,  Labor, 83 

Account,  Current  Expense  of  >ec- 


Account,  Treasurer  of  Interest  on 


Appropriations,  Abstract  of. 94 

Address  of  President  Bishop 108 

Acts  of  Congress 120 

Acts  of  Legislature 125 

Apparatus 44 

Admission,  classical  course 26 

Admission,  Engineering 30 

Admission,  Commercial 31 


Beneficiaries 

Branch  Normal  College 

Board  of  Trustees,  Report  of.. 
Bishop,  Pres.,  resignation  of. 


Calendar  for  1875-76 

Commercial  College 

Course  of  Study 

Course,  Agricultural 

Course  in  Engineering 

Course,  Normal 

Course,  Preparatory 

Curtis,  Lt.,  Report  of. 


B 


116 

50 

95 


By-Laws  and  Rules. 

By-Laws  changed 

Botefuhr,  Account  of. 
Band,  Brass 


C 


/ 


20  I Contributions 

23  I Cabinet 

24  I Conduct  of  University. 

27  j Clothing I.. 

29  ; Committees  appointed... 
33  Committees  standing.... 
35  j Catalogue  for  1875-76.... 

102  | Corbin,  Prof. 


D 


Department,  Normal 19.  32 

Discipline : 42 

Department  Military 23 


Dinsmore  Trusiee,  Report 

Duties  of  Officers 

Du  lies  of  Committees 


Establishment  of  University 
Endowment  of  University — 

Election  of  Professors 

Election  of  Secretary 


E 

17  I Election  of  Treasurer 

19  | Engineering 

95  Executive  Committee 

59  j Estimate  of  appropriation*. 


97 

56 

59 

41 


..  43 

..  44 

..  45 
..  48 

..  95 

..  100 
9 

..  116 


53 

98 

ll)l 


59 

29 

100 

92 


A RKANSAS  INDUSTRIA  L UNI  VERS II  ) . 


142 


F 

Farm  Report 105  j Finance  Committee 95 

Funds  01  University 20  I Furniture  Account 75 

G 

General  Information 41  l Gray,  Professor.  Election  of. 95 

Gregg,  Trustee  Report 54  | General  Contract  of  University 45 

H 

History  and  Literature,  Prof.  of.....  93  Harvey,  Prof.,  Election  of. 52 

1 


Information,  General, 


41 


J 

Johnson  Trustee,  Pres,  pro  tem 50  | Jones,  Trustee  Report  of. 58 

L 

Location  of  University 18  Literary  Societies 43 

Lieut.  Curtis’  Report 103  Laws  of  Congress  and  State 121 

L.  R.  & F.  S.  R.  R 119 

M 

Military  Department 46  I Music  Department . 43 

Meeting  of  Board 128  | Morrill  Hill 114 

Memphis  and  Little  Rock  R . R.  119  j 


Normal  Department.. 

Normal  College 

Number  of  Students. 


Property  of  University...... 

Peabody  Fund 

President  of  Board,  Duties. 


N 


32  I New  Board  of  Trustees - 44 

116  I Number  of  Beneficiaries 22 

16  | 


P 

20  I Proceedings  on  death  of  Professor 


91  | Thompson 93 

98  j Proceedings  of  the  Board.... . 50 


Report  of  Building  Committee 

Report  on  Normal  Branch  College 
Resignation  of  Pres.  Bishop 


R 

54  Rules  and  By-laws 

.60  Regulations  for  Military  Dept. 
95 


97 

46 


Studies  in  Classical  Course 

Studies  in  Agriculture 

Studies  in  Engineering , 

Studies  in  Commerce 

Studies  in  Normal  Department. 
Societies.  Literary 


S 

24  \ Students,  Number  of... 
27  I Secretary,  Election  of 
29  I Stationery  Account..... 

31  I State  Scrip  Account.. 

32  j Salaries  of  Professors... 

43  | State,  Laws  of., 


16 

59 

82 

83 

95 

125 


tl KANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY 


IJfi 


T 


Terms  and  Vacations 

....  20 

Teachers  of  Arkansas 

118 

Tuition 

....  22 

Treasurer,  Duties  of 

98 

Training  School 

....  33 

Trearurer.  Election  of. 

Transportation 

....  119 

Trustees.  Board  of. 

U 

Uniform * 48 

V 

Vacations  and  Terms 20  | Vacancies  in  the  Board 129 


t 


